•ECOND COFY, 
I8d9. 




A PRACTICAL COURSE 



IVlECHANlCAL DRAWING 



WILLIAM FOX, M. E., 

Assistant Professur cf Applied Matl'fniutics, College of the City 
of New York-. 

' AND 

CHARLES W. THOMAS, M. E., 

Member of the A. S. M. r.. Instructor in Descriptive Geometrj cmd Drawing. 
College of the City of New York. 



WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 




NEW YORK: 

D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, 

23 MURRAY AND 27 WARREN STREETS 

1899 






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39565 

Copyngm, 1899, 

BY 

D Van Nostrand Compawy, 



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F*REKACE. 



The object of this work is to provide a simple, prac- 
tical course of progressive lessons in Mechanical Draw- 
ing. It will be noticed that all instructions are given in 
connection with a special, concrete exercise, instead of 
being presented in an abstract and general manner; fur- 
thermore, the didactic principle of " one thing at a time " 
has been followed as much as possible. 

No practical draughtsman will criticise us for not 
starting with the traditional geometric problems that, 
from time immemorial, have adorned the introductory- 
pages of " Manuals of Mechanical Drawing." We have 
reason to believe that the average student does not appre- 
ciate the beauty and use of Euclid's Geometry and 
Monge's Descriptive Geometry, if these subjects are 
introduced before their bearing and practical application 
are understood. We reserve the introduction of such 
scientific work for a second part, hoping thereby to 
arouse an interest in advanced problems that necessitate 
strictly mathematical constructions. 

The subject is best taught with the use of models, 
instead of sketches and pictorial illustrations. A glance 
through the book will convince the teacher that a set of 
models corresponding to the exercises can be easily 
procured. The result of the instruction will then be real 
instead of imaginary, since the student knows absolutely 
what his drawings represent, and need not rely on an 
untrained imagination. 



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IV PREFACE. 

This course is peculiarly adapted to the need ^ of High- 
schools, Schools for Apprentices, and 3'oung Mechanics. 
The exercises are elementary and progressive in character. 
There is no striving after effect ; all thinking teachers 
deplore the tendency tov^ards ' ' exhibition-work ' ' of any 
kind ; the danger in the case of mechanical drawing is 
the greatest of all. The student is taught to copy a 
magnificently tinted, complicated drawing in a faithful, 
photographic style ; and, lo, the populace stand open- 
mouthed before a work of ' ' art ' ' of absolutely no educa- 
tional value. Ask the skillful draughtsman of a marine- 
triple- expansion-steam-engine to make a working sketch 
of the piston rod and nee what he invents ! 

The figures in this book are intended to show what an 
average draughtsman should be able to accomplish. No 
unusual skill or finish is claimed for these illustrations ; 
their very imperfections are such as to encourage the 
student, since he feels that he can certainly do at least as 
well as the designer. We trust that after he has faith- 
fully worked through the series of exercises prescribed, 
the pupil will find that he can make sketches from any 
actual piece of machinery, and also that he will be able 
to ' ' read ' ' and understand an ordinary mechanical 
drawing. 

We take this opportunity to express our thanks for 
cuts furnished by Lexington Gear Works, Schwencke, 
Kirk & Co., F. W. Devoe, C. T. Raynolds Co. and 
Keuffel & Ksser. 

CoivLEGE OF THE CiTY OF NEW YORK, W. F. 

November, 1898. C. W. T. 



COXTHNTS. 



PARES 

Introduction 1-5 

Working drawinocs ; perspective ; parallel perspec- 
tive ; perpendicular projection; views. 

Use of T-Square, Triangles and Ruling Pen. 6-11 

E-vercise i. — Practice drawing. 

Material required and its use. 
Exercise 2. — A. Square Prism, a Square Pyramid, 
and a Wedge 

Clioice of views ; foresliortenc d lines. 

Dimension Links 12-13 

E.veirise j. — Biocks. 

Dimensioning drawings. 

Drawing to Scale 14-16 

Exo'cise 4, — Bench. 

Scale-rule. 
Exercise 5. — Box. 

Freehand working sketch. 

Center Lines 17-20 

Exercise 6. -Pin. 

Method of drawing center-lines; use 
of compass. 

Use of Dividers 21-24 

Exercise 7. — Ink-pot 

Division of lines into equal parts. 

Use of Bowpen 25-27 

Exercise S. -Angle-patch. 

Small circle.-^. 
Exercise g. — Face-wheel 

Center-circle. 

Sections 28-34 

Exercise 10. a. Cylindrical Pipe; /'. Box and Cover. 

Manner of taking and drawn ng sec- 
tions. 
Exercise 11. — Stufhng-box and gland 

Sectioning different pieces. 
Exercise 12. — a Phenix Column; b. Brasses. 

Large and small section -surfaces. 



VI CONTENTS 

PAGES 

Shading ^ 35-45 

Exercise 13. — Examples iuvolving projecting parts 
and hollows. 
Outline-shading. 
Exercise 14 — Eye-bar 

Shading of cylinders. 
Exercise 15. — Rivets. 

Shading spheres and cones. 
Exercise 16. — a. Journal; b. Handle. 

Shading fillets ; irregular curved 
surfaces; use of sweeps. 
Exercise ly.— a. Key; b. Pin; c. Bracket; d. Cylin- 
der-head. 
Miscellaneous rules for shading. 

IvKTTERING 46-49 

Exercise 18. — Ruled letters. 
Exercise ig — Freehand Tetters. 

Round writing. 
Exercise ^o.— Lettering the Exercises 1-17. 

Rules. 

Screws ' 50-63 

Explanations and general directions. 

Exercise 21. — Bolt and nuts. 

Triangular thread. 
Exercise 22. — Oil -cup. 
Exercise 23 — Tail-stock of Lathe. 

Square-thread 
Exercise 24. — Relief Valve. 

Drawing of a helical spring. 

COG-W HEELS 64-76 

Exercise 2§. — Two Gear-wheels. 

Parts and proportions of teeth. 
Exercise 26. — Rack and 'iuion. 
Exercise ^7. — Worm and Worm-wheel. 
Exercise 28 — Bevel-gear and Pinion. 

Reading of Drawings 77-86 

Exercise 2g. — Main Shaft of Steam-engine. 

Conventional markings. 
Exercise JO. — Piston and Piston-rod. 
Exercise j/. — Con necting-rod . 

Use of detail views. 

Miscellaneous 87-92 

Views ; Dimensions ; Methods ; Colored Inks ; 
Special Practice; Lettered Instructions; Tra- 
cing; Additional Instruments. 



INTRODUCTION. 



A zc or king draiving must give all the necessary infor- 
mation to the workman, if it is to be of any practical use 
in the shop. The form of the object to be constructed, 
as well as the dimensions, must be shown in an unmis- 
takable manner. Sometimes rigid laws, and in other 
cases conventional rules, must be obeyed in order that the 
resulting drawing can be easily " read " or understood. 

It is evident that in deciding as to the different methods 
to be emploj^ed certain conditions are imposed ; the method 
which fulfills the greatest number of these conditions and 
in the best manner, would naturalh^ be the one adopted. 
A few of these are the following : parallel lines are to be 
shown parallel ; dimensions of lines in the drawing should 
correspond in some definite ratio to the real dimensions in 
space ; angles between lines should be represented true to 
nature ; the details of construction and the interior also 
must be distinctl}^ shown. 

An ordinary perspective drawing is not available for 
this work, since it shows the object as it appears to the 
eye with all the distortions of form and changed relative 
dimensions. We find, however, that, as the point of view 
is moved further and further away from the object, these 
distortions are gradually decreased. Thus, if far enough 
away, the eye would perceive the right angles of the front 
face of a cube, for example, as right angles, and the front 
face itself as a square, and the other edges as parallel 
lines. 



2 MECHANICAL DRAWINP- 

Let us now imagine a '.ear pane of glass to be placed 
in front of the cube, and let us trace the outline and edges 
of the cube on that pane as they would appear to an eye 
very far away. Rays of light from every point of the 
cube to the distant eye are practically parallel to each 
other, and the points where they pierce the pane of glass, 
form the image or tracing of the cube beyond. "^ig. ■ 
shows the cube as viewed at an angle by an eye placed 
far away, above the level of the cube and to the vight. 
If we now suppose the eye to move down and to the front 
of the object, the rays of vision will become perpendicular 
to the pane of glass, and the top and the side of the cube 
will shrink in size until, when at last the eye is in front, 
they disappear altogether and Fig. 2 is the result. 




Fig. I is a so-called parallel perspective of the cube. 
The top and side are evidentl}^ distorted, while the edges, 
though parallel to each other, may or may not be equal 
in length to the lines bounding the front face, depen-^''" 
on the obliquity of the view. This method of drawing is 
useful in bringing out the solidity of an object, an- .^ 
giving ■ ■ ' ^a concerning the relative dimensions of 



INTRODUCTION. 3 

some of the lines. TheinforL ..ion imparted is, however, 
not absolute. Thus, in the case of Fig. i , the block repre- 
sented may be a solid in which the sides, top and bottom 
are inclined to the front face, and are not at right angles 
to it, as in the cube. We shall emplo}^ this method of 
representation (parallel perspective) as an auxiliary to 
-^nable the student to imagine the solids to be drawn. 

Fig. 2 gives the manner usually employed. We may 
imagine the eye sighting along each perpendicular edge 




Fig. 2. 

and tracing the lines on the transparent pane as the eye 
moves, keeping alwaj's directl}^ in front of the edges 
drawn. The result will then be the same as if the view 
were taken from a ver}' distant point. This drawing alone 
(Fig. 2) is, however, not sufficient : it gives only two 
dimensions of the solid. To obtain the third dimension, 
another direct view of the cube is traced on a trans- 
parent plane placed perpendicularly to the pane in front of 
+he object. This second view maybe either from the top, 
liom below, from the right or from the left, and is taken 
' sighting in a manner like the one described above. 
In a working draAving these views are th"*^ ~' d on the 



4 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

same sheet of paper in proper corresponding positions. 
Usually two of the views taken suffice to show the form 
and proportions : in complicated pieces of machinery, 
however, three and even more views are necessary to 
give the information required. The planes on which the 
tracing is supposed to be done are placed at right angles 
to each other, and the tracings are then properly arranged 
on the same sheet of paper. 




Fig. 3. 



Fig. 3 shows a glass box in which the solid is sup- 
posed to be placed ; the views are shown traced on the 
panes, the lines of sight being in every case at right 
angles to the pane taken. The view on the front plate is 
called the front-view or elevation, and shows the front of 
the object in its natural upright position ; the top plane 
giv th_ top-view or plan ; the right and the left sides 



INTRODUCTION. 5 

show respective!}^ the right and left side-views or end- 
elevations ; the bottom carries the bottom-view or view 
from the bottom upward. 

Fig. 4 illustrates the proper grouping of the drawings. 
The hinges marked in Fig. 3 indicate the manner in 






froul Vieui or Froril Ele\iol\on. 




To-p\rve\*; or "PVoon. 
Ri^\ SideV(ieuf of RiM t\ev(i\OYtt 



Bo\lom \HivJi 



Fig. 4. 



which the various plates are swung forward into the 
plane in front of the object. The front view is placed in 
the center, and each of the other views is placed to that 
side of the elevation from which it is taken. 



M U DRAWIN' 



USE OF T-SQUARE, TRIANGLES AND 
RULING-PEN- 

EXERCISE 1. 

Draw the front-view, top-view and riglit-side-view of the 
object shown in Figs. 3 and 4, making the lines about four 
times as long as in Fij. 4. It need hardly be said that the 
box, the panes, and the hinges are not to be drawn. 

Special Instructions : The student is advised to 
procure a drawing-board, la^xiy", an i8" T-square, two 
triangles, 45°, and 60° and 30°, and thumbtacks. Special 
drawing paper is to be used for this work, and a hard 
pencil. No. 5 or No. 6 or grade VH, is needed for the 
purpose of producing a faint sketch that can easily be 
erased after the drawing has been inked in. The exer- 
;ises in this book are designed so as to go on paper 
10" X 14", leaving a margin of at least %" on three sides, 
and a special margin of i" on the left side for the purpose 
of binding the set. 

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate the position of the T-square 
for drawing horizontal lines ; perpendiculars to these 
horizontals are made by means of the triangles as shown. 
Parallel horizontal lines are constructed by simply shift- 
ing the T-square, the head of the same being in contact 
with the left-hand edge of the board. In a similar m-^ - 
ner, perpendiculars are passed through points by si. 
sliding the triangle along the T-square until it is in 
proper position, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. 



USh OF i^-SOUARE, 



'S, ETC. 7 

tor the present in 



An ordinar}^ ;u- may u^ ,^. 

measuring off disuances, as required. 

The spacing of the views is chiefly a matter of artistic 
judgment. All that can be said in regard to this matter 
is that the views must not be too far apart, because they 




Fig. 5. 



then appear to be independent of one another, and it 

, difficult to trace corresponding parts. Further- 

.00 small a space must also be avoided, because 

. the views are merged together and do not appear 



8 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

separate and distinct. It is also evident that large draw- 
ings will require larger spaces than small ones. From 
y^!' to i" is the amount that may be allowed in making 
the exercises described in this book. 

It is often desirable to show edges that are not 
directly visible. This is done by means of so-called 
dotted lines, which are really formed of short dashes. 




Fig. 6. 

These indicate that a certain edge or line would appear 
in that position if the object were transparent enough. 
The bottom view in Fig. 4 illustrates this conventional 
method of representing hidden edges. 

After the drawing has been sketched in pencil, it is to 
be " inked in." The drawing-pen, and the proper man- 
ner of holding it, are shown in Figs. 5 to 8. The India 



USE OF T-SOUARE, TRIANGLES, ETC. 9 

ink used is somewhat different from the ordinary writing 
fluids ; it can be obtained prepared and ready for use, or 
may be rubbed up from a stick of Chinese ink. A quill, 
or an ordinary writing-pen, is employed to transfer the 




Fig. 7. 

ink to the space between the blades of the drawing-pen. 
The outside of these blades must be kept clean and free 
from ink to prevent blotting. The desired thickness of 
the line is obtained by tightening the little thumb-screw, 
bringing the points of the blades the required distance 



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MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



apart. Try your pen on a separate slip of paper, before 
applying it to the drawing. Like any c " .ools, draw- 
ing instruments must be kept clean, and should be wiped 
^f^y^r - the ink has a chance to dry. .\s regards the 
qLib.-iL_y of tliC instruments, they should be the best that 
the student is able to procure. 

Erase all pencil lines with a soft rubber, that does not 
mar the ink-lines. 




Fio. 8. 

EXERCISE 2. 
Draw the plan and the elevation of the following objects : 

a. A square prism, 2" x 2" x 3" ; 

b. A square pyramid, 2"x2"x3" high; 

c. A wedge (triangular prism), rectangular base IK" x 3" ; 
height, 2 2". 

SpECIaIv Instructions : The elevation represents the 

object in its natural position. Thus, the prism should be 



USE OF T-SOUARE, TRIANGLES, ETC. II 

placed in an upright position, the front face (2" x 3") ap- 
pearing as a 1- :angle in full size ; similarly the plan will 
show a squar whose side is 2" . The pyramid, in a like 
manner, is best placed on the square base : the ^ ^x 

then be a square with the diagonals to represent the slant- 
ing edges . It will be noticed that these edges are foreshort- 
ened in both views, and therefore their actual length can- 
not be determined directly from the drawing ; if the alti- 
tude or height of the pyramid and half the diagonal in the 
square plan are laid off perpendicularly to each other, then 
the line (hypothenuse) completing the right-angled trian- 
gle will give the length of the slanting edges. 

From the dimensions given, the elevation and the plan 
of the wedge can be readily found. The former will be 
a rectangle, 3"x 2V2", but does not show the true size of 
the slanting front face ; the wedge-line appears as a line 
drawn across the rectangular plan (3" x i^/^'O' which gives 
the true size of the base only. If desired, the dimensions 
of the slanting lines can be found by a construction simi- 
lar to the one described in connection with the pyramid. 
Instead of the rectangular elevation , a view from the trian- 
gular end may be substituted ; the result will then be a 
drawing showing more clearly the form of the wedge. 



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MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



DIMENSION-LINES, 

EXERCISE 3. 

Draw three views (front-view, side-view, and plan) each 
of Fig. 9 and Fig. 10.* Mark the dimensions on the drawing ! 

SpECiaIv Instructions : Auxiliary lines are used to 
show dimensions. These are thin, long-dashed lines 




Fig. 9. 



drawn near and parallel to the distances the size of which 
is to be given. The ends of the dimension lines are shown 
to correspond to the proper points by short cross lines ; 



♦Note: Fig. 10 is a so-called Isometric drawing. 



DIMENSION-LINKS. 



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they are also marked with arrowheads, drawn free-hand 
with an ordinary writing-pen. In a space left open near 
the middle of the dimension-line the figure indicating the 
length is marked. These figures are best placed so as to 
read along the dimension lines, and from the bottom or 
from the right-hand side, for horizontals and verticals 
respectively. The inch (marked '') is usually taken as 
the unit.* 




Fig. 10. 



The sketches shown in Figs. 9 and 10 are intended to 
take the place of models ; they indicate the solid form of 
the object to be drawn. 

The dimensions should be marked on every working 
drawing ; hence the student is expected to ' ' figure ' ' every 
exercise following. 



♦Several forms of these figures are given in Fig. 50. 



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MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



DRAWING TO SCALE. 

EXERCISE 4. 

Draw the three views required for the bench shown in 
Fig. 11. Scale: 34" = l"- 

SpECIai, Instructions : Since it is rarely practicable 
to make the dimensions of a drawing the same as those of 
the object itself, the method of drawing to scale has been 




-Hi^FT 






>iii*— 



..a 



Fig 11. 



invented. The relative proportions of the parts are cor- 
rectly shown, while the actual dimensions are obtained by 
using a reduced unit. Thus, in this drawing each ^" 
stands for i'' on the object ; and if we construct a rule on 
which the quarter-inches are marked in the order of num- 
bers as the inches on the inch-rule, it can be used directly 



DRAWING TO SCALE. 1 5 

to lay off required distances on our drawing. The student 
is advised to buy a special scale-rule, at least 12" long, 
and divided to several different scales on various sides. 
A good scale is the triangular scale, shown Fig. 12, 
giving different divisions on the six sides and in the 
grooves. These correspond to %2", Vs", %6", Vi", % ", 
V2", %", i") i%"» 3'> 12", to the foot, 5aelding reduc- 
tions as follows : 1/128, %6, Ve-i, Ma, ¥32, %4, Vie, V\2, 
i/s, lA, and I. 

The 1/2'' to the foot can be used as a %" scale, the 
inch being then subdivided into twelfths instead of 
eighths and sixteenths as usual. 





M'-''(i) V 2 


3| i ^ 6 1\ At 


10 Jil 12 1|3 r 


cii (1 a i 


1 s * t t. .1 \ 


1 ly / 1 






1 4:^^ 







i I I I I I I ! M I I I 1 1 I I ililili [ I 



Fig. 12. 

The scale may also be given simply as an abstract 
fraction, or again as a certain number of inches or frac- 
tions of an inch to the foot. Thus, the scale \i" = 1" 
may be called scale i/4, or scale 3" =^ i'. In every case 
the scale of the drawing should be marked on it. If for 
some reason or other an unusual scale is taken, a few 
dimensions should be marked off on a separate line, as 
exemplified in maps. 

The student's attention is called to the special manner 
of figuring small dimensions : the arrow-heads may be 
turned the other way, as for the dimension 1I/2"; or else 
the figure may be placed outside altogether, as for ^2" • 
(See Fig. 11.) 

The form of the bench is shown in the free-hand 
perspective sketch. 



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MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



EXERCISE 5. 

Construct a complete working drawing from the free- 
hand perspective sketch of the box shown in Fig. 13. Scale 
1" - 1' (1 ft.). 

Speciai^ Instructions : A rough sketch is very 
often given to a draughtsman, from which he is required 
to construct a complete and accurate drawing. In order 
to accustom the student to such work, he should be 
required to develop and copy drawings without paying 




Fig. 13. 

the slightest attention to faulty outline, wrong propor- 
tions, or other mistakes in the original before him. He 
should also practice sketching free-hand and marking 
dimensions in a clear and unmistakable manner ; for that 
purpose actual models or pieces of machinery are neces- 
sar}^, from which the draughtsman first makes a rough 
dimensioned sketch, and then works out the finished 
drawing. 

The student must decide for himself what views are 
necessary for the complete drawing. 



CENTER LINES. 



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CENTER LINES. 

EXERCISE 6.* 

Front- view and bottom- view of a pin, shown in Figs. 14 
and 15. Full size. 

Special Instructions : The center of the circle is 
to be marked bj^ the intersection of two lines, called 
center-lines. One of these is drawn through the two 





Fig. 14. 



Fig. 15. 



views, and shows that they belong together : the other is 
at right angles to the former and marks the center of the 
circle. In order to distins^uish them from the other lines of 



* Xote: Exercises 6 and 7 are designed to be drawn on the same sheet. 



15 • MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

the drawing, they are composed of alternate long and short 
dashes, and are usually extended indefinitely beyond the 
outlines of the views, and in no case terminate on the 
outline or at any particular points. The center-line is 




drawn in every case as an axis of symmetry, and dimen- 
sions are laid off from it in both directions . These distances 
are best marked on the front-view, because there the diam- 
eters appear as straight lines. 



CENTER LINES. 



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The small circle shown in the elevation is one view of 
a hole drilled through the shank of the pin. The center 
of this hole must also be marked by the intersection of two 
perpendicular center-lines. The distance of the center 




Fig. 17. 



from the end of the pin should likewise be noted on the 
drawing. 

The ' ' compass ' ' and the proper position for it are 
illustrated in Fig. 16. The pen-point should be nearly 
perpendicular to the paper ; the starting position should 



20 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

be such that the entire circle can be swept with one con- 
tinuous stroke by moving the thumb forward and around 
without shifting the hold on the compass. (Fig. 17.) A 
circle that has been drawn in several instalments is never 
as smooth and perfect as one finished with one sweep. 
The student has probably learned from experience 
that drawing-pens do not require any pressure to cause 
the ink to flow from the instrument to the paper. 



USE OF DIVIDERS. 



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USE OF DIVIDERS. 

EXERCISE 7. 

Tliree views of ink-pot shown Fig. 18. Full Size. Mark 
dimensions ! 

Speciai. Instructions : The center-line being drawn 
and the center marked in the plan, draw the circle in 





Fig. 18. 



which the regular hexagon is to be inscribed. A pair of 
" dividers " is the instrument best adapted for " stepping 



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MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



off" equal distances. The side of the hexagon is theo- 
retically equal to the radius of the circle ; but if we appl}' 
that principle in the present case we may discover an erroi 




Fig. 19. 



owing to spring of the dividers, or to inequalities in the 
board or on the paper. Figs. 19, 20, and 21, show the 
motion of the points of the dividers in stepping off equal 
distances along a straight or a curved line . If the distance 



USE OE DIVIDERS. 



23 



is too small, we must separate the legs of the dividers by 
a distance equal to one-sixth of the remainder left over, 
after stepping six times. If, on the contrary, the side of 




Fig. 20. 



the hexagon is too great, it must be decreased by one- 
sixth of the surplus or distance overstepped. Three suc- 
cessive trials should, in any case, be sufiQcient to divide the 
circle into six or any other number of parts. A similar 



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MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



use of the dividers enables the draughtsman to divide a 
straight or a curved distance into any number of equal 
parts. 

Two viev^^s would have been sufficient in this case : 
the plan and that view which shows three faces, and not 




Fig. 21. 



Lhe one showing only two. The extreme lines of the 
elevation then represent edges, and not faces ; and the 
middle face, at least, is drawn in true width, while both 
faces in the other view appear fore-shortened. 

The free-hand view gives the necessary dimensions. 



USE OF BOWPEN. 



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USE OF BOWPEN. 

EXERCISE 8. 

Two views of the angle-patch,* 12" long, indicated in the 
rough sketch, Fig. 22. Scale: 3^" = 1". 

Exercises 8 and 9 may be drawn on the same plate. 
Speciai. Instructions : The center of every one of 
the rivet holes should be marked distinctly by the inter- 




FiG. 22. 



section of short lines, perpendicular to each other, and 
drawn in the main directions, viz.: horizontal and 
vertical. 

A smaller compass, called bowpen, may be necessary 
for inking in small circles. (Fig. 23.) This instrument 
is certainly more convenient and more accurate for this 
work than an ordinary compass. 

The angle is formed by two straight lines tangent to a 
quadrant of a circle at its ends. It will be found best to 



• Only part of the patch is shown ; the rest is supposed to be continued 
In the same manner. 



26 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

ink the curve first, and then the straight lines, because 
better tangency will be attained. This rale should be 
applied in every case where straight lines and curves are 
to be drawn tangent to each other. 

The two views taken in this case can hardly be called 
elevation and plan, or front- and top-view. It is better 
to place them next to each other, as a front- and a side- 
elevation, the latter being viewed from the open or con- 
cave face of the angle. A third view may be considered 
necessary to show the position, the form, and the spacing 
of the holes in the other flange of the angle ; yet with the 



^g 




Fig. 23. 

center-lines and the distances marked, these holes can be 
accurately located in the two views taken. 

The radius of the quadrant can be indicated in a way 
similar to that shown in the sketch (Fig. 22) : an arrow, 
starting from the center and ending on the circumference, 
carries the inscription i"R. 

EXERCISE 9. 

Two views of the face-wheel. Fig. 24, full size. 

SpECiai. Instructions : It will be noticed that the 
small circles, representing in plan the projections from 
the face of the plate, are arranged around the center of 
the disk. Instead of a straight center-line, a center- 



USE OF BOWPEN. 



27 



circle is drawn, marking the positions of these smaller 
circles ; the short lines intersecting the center-circle mark 
the centers, and are drawn pointing to the center of the 




Fis. 24. 



plate. The diameter of this center-circle is shown on an 
inclined line passing through the center, and finished off 
with arrow-heads at the circumference of the circle ; the 
figure is marked beyofid the center. 



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MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



SECTIONS. 
EXERCISE 10. 

a. Two views of a cylindrical pipe; scale, 1" = 1". 

b. Three views of a box and cover; scale, 1"=1". 

Special Instructions : Fig. 25 gives the two 
views of the pipe. On consideration, however, it is 
observed that the information imparted by these views is 




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^ecytlon on 



Fig. 25. 



Fig. 2U. 



not definite. We cannot tell from the drawing whether 
the inner circle and the dotted lines correspond to a plug 
filling the hollow, or merely to the hollow itself. In the 
former case, we might mark that fact by lettering the 
word, " plug," but in the latter case a more direct, con- 
ventional way is employed. 



SECTIONS. 29 

If we were to saw the pipe in half, as indicated in Fig. 
27 , we notice that we are cutting the material in the walls 
of the pipe only ; if there were a plug, we should be cut- 
ting it also. If we now show the circular view with the 
saw in place, we get the plan represented in Fig. 26. The 
center-line made up of dashes alternating with two dots 
(or rather two shorter dashes) is called the plane of sec- 
tion and shows the manner in which the saw is supposed 
to cut. We now suppose that the front half is removed 
and the interior will be displayed as well as the surfaces 
made b}^ the cutting plane. The dotted lines in Fig. 25 
are replaced by lines in full. Fig. 26, and the plane sur- 




FiG. 27. 

faces are " sectioned," that is, covered with parallel lines. 
The lettering " AB " and " Section on AB," is customary 
though not absolutely necessary. 

The section-lines are best drawn by sliding the 45° 
triangle along the T-square, giving an inclination of 45" 
with the center-lines. The thickness of the section-lines 
should be somewhat less than that of the outline, while 
the distance apart should not be less than about %2"- 
The student is cautioned against careless sectioning, and 
should rather stop short of the outline, than cross it in a 
ragged manner. 

The cylindrical box (b) to be drawn is shown only in 



30 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



"longitudinal section"* in Fig. 28. The other views 
required are an outside elevation and the plan. The line 
C, Fig. 28, represents the upper edge of the hollow in the 
back-ground. The lines marked C in Figs. 26 and 27 
show a similar construction. 

Notice that the sectioning in the box proper is in a 
different direction from that in the cover. This is done 
in order to show that these two pieces are separate. 




Fig. 38. 

EXERCISE 11. 

Fig. 29 represents a parallel perspective view of one-half 
of a " stuffing-box and gland." The student is to draw a 
sectional elevation and a plan. Scale : 3 " = 1 ft. 

Special Instructions : As indicated in the per- 
spective figure by the change of direction of the section- 
lines, the object contains four separate pieces. In the 
sectional view, therefore, a similar method must be em- 
ployed to distinguish the various pieces from each other. 

* The distinction between longitudinal section and cross section is apparent. 



SECTIONS. 



31 



No two draughtsmen would probably agree as to the direc- 
tion and spacing of the section-lines. We advise the stu- 
dent to choose the 45° inclination, whenever possible, and 
also to keep the same spacing between the lines. Thus in 
the figure shown, even contiguous pieces are sectioned in a 
similar manner, and the difference between the parts is 
shown by breaking the sectioning at the dividing lines, 




taking care that the section lines are not continuous across 
the two pieces. In exceptional cases, 30° or 60° inclina- 
tion may be chosen. 

The fact that the small pieces are to be made of brass, 
while the rest of the device is to be cast iron, may be 
indicated, as in the figure, by means of proper inscriptions. 
The word " brass " is placed outside of the piece, because 
the space is too small for a neat inscription ; the name 
" cast iron " on the other hand, is printed right on the 
parts as shown, in a space left in the sectioning. 



32 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

Some draughtsmen advocate special forms of section- 
ing for different materials, such as, for example, is used 
by Unwin in his book on Machine Design, illustrated on 
p. 1 6 of that work : alternate thick and thin lines for 
wrought iron, alternate full and dashed lines for brass, 
dashed lines for steel, etc. No uniform and standard 
method has yet been definitely adopted ; if, therefore, 
any one desires to use this plan, sample squares, illus- 
trating the different shading, should be marked on the 
drawing, with the names of the materials represented. 
(See Standard Sections, Fig. 89.) 

EXERCISE 12, 

a. Cross-section and elevation of Phenix column, Fig. 30; 

Scab: V4" = l'. 

b. Sectional front- view, and plan of the two brasses, Fig. 31. 

(Fig. 32 illustrates the perspective.) Scale : K, 

SpKCiaIv Instructions : The Phenix column is 
built up of a number of flanged strips, fastened together 
by bolts or rivets. For the sake of simplicity, these 
fastenings are merely suggested in the drawing, as well as 
the holes through which they pass. The cross-section 
alone suffices in this case, if properly marked. The 
vertical view should be drawn by the student, because it 
presents the problem of correctly placing the vertical 
lines. 

L,arge surfaces need not be covered entirely with sec- 
tion-lines, while small ones may be filled in in black. 
This is illustrated in the drawings of the bushings, where 
the narrow black spaces represent sections of the white 
metal used. Water colors, instead of section-lines, are 
sometimes used to cover a cut surface with a tint, definite 



SECTIONS. 



33 



colors being employed to distinguish the materials. This 
method is, of course, not applicable if the drawings are 
to be reproduced photographically, as, for instance, in 
blue-printing. 

Attention is called to the line CD in the elevation ; 
being made up of alternate one long dash and two short 
dashes, it indicates a plane of section. The view next to 




Fig. 30. 



it does not show any section-lines, because no metal i.:> 
cut by the plane CD, which passes between the two parts 
or brasses. 

In the elevation only one brass is sectioned, since the 
object is symmetrical, and the other half would simply be 



34 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



a repetition. The lines AOB show that one-half of the 
right-hand brass is cut away. The front-elevation is 
thus a combined outside and sectional view. 




FRONT j EUtVATION, 



SIDE tV-tVATIOM. 



Fig. 31. 



Figs. 30 and 31 are partly shaded to help the student 
to imagine these objects. The principles involved are 
explained in the following pages. 



SHADING. 



35 



SHADING. 
EXERCISE 13. 
Copy the Figs. 33-36. Full size. 

Sp^ciai, Instructions : Some of the outlines are 
drawn heavier than the others, so as to give an appear- 
ance of solidity. The conventional rule prescribes the 




"shading" of the lower and the right-hand edges of all 
solid portions, supposed to project from the paper. It 
follows, therefore, that the outlines of holes and depres- 
sions are shaded along the upper and the left-hand edges. 
The draughtsman finds it most convenient to have the 
light fall on his work from over his left shoulder ; hence 
the drawing also is supposed to be viewed in the same 
light. Thus shadows will be formed to the right and 
below each projecting part. 



36 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



In Figs. 33 and 35, a section is not necessary because 
the shading of the plan shows that the openings are not 
plugged or filled. The lines separating adjoining pieces 
are not shaded if the surfaces are " flush " or continuous, 
because then no shadows can be cast by them. There- 






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fore, if the inner square, Fig. 33, or the inner circles. 
Fig- 35, were not shaded, we should conclude that the 
holes were filled. 

The thickness of the shade-lines should be about 
double that of the light lines.* In shading circles, first 
draw the entire circle with the pen-compass, obtaining a 



* The thickness added for the purpose of shading is usually placed to the 
right and below the unshaded line. 



SHADING. 



37 



single thickness all around ; then, without changing the 
radius, shift the pin-point down and to the right of the 
real center by a distance equal to the thickness of the 
line, and draw over the half of the circle to be shaded. 
The thickest part will then be to the southeast (or north- 
west in the case of holes) of the center, while the shading 
will terminate at the northeast and southwest points. 





It is customary to shade the right-hand edge of the 
cylinder, although the correctness of this can be disputed; 
similarly the shading of the entire line representing the 
base of the cylinder, in the elevation, can be criticised. 
As with all conventional methods, the draughtsman 
should be allowed some license, especially if, as in this 
case, he improves a drawing which, if constructed in 
accordance with the strict rules of shades and shadows, 
would appear strange. 

The fillet-curves or quadrants in Fig. 36 should be 
considered portions of circles bounding holes ; the left- 



38 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



hand one will, therefore, remain light, while the one on 
the other side is partially shaded. Do not forget to draw 
these curves before drawing the straight lines tangent to 
them. 

EXERCISE 14. 

Eye-bar shown in Fig. 37. Full size. 'Exercise 15 may 
go on the same plate.) 

Special Instructions : The shading of the surfaces 
is sometimes resorted to for the purpose of emphasizing 




Fio. 38. 

certain features. This shading should never be done 
free-hand. The lines are drawn parallel to each other, 
and to the elements of the surface ; they increase in thick- 
ness and proximity towards a point corresponding to the 
southeast portion with respect to the center or axis. The 
curvature of the fillets is also similarly represented. At 
the left end, a partial section is taken and the semi- 
cylindrical hollow is shown shaded, the darkest portion 
being at the left-hand edge. 



SHADING. 



39 



The irregular line representing the fracture is drawn 
free-hand, with a writing pen, and indicates that the 
section is only partial, since it is unnecessary to extend 
the sectioning across the entire bar. 

EXERCISE 15. 

Figs. 39 and 40 illustrate two forms of rivets, showing a 
section of the plates riveted. Draw these figures with the 
shading as shown. The perspective sketches, Figs. 41 and 
42, will help the student to understand the mechanical 
drawing". 





Fig. 39. 



Fig. 40. 



Special Instructions : Similar effects may be pro- 
duced in various ways : thus the plan of Fig. 39 may be 
shaded by means of straight lines, in a manner similar to 
the shading of the head in the elevation. The lightest 
portion should always be that turned towards the imagi- 
nary source of light, above and behind the left shoulder 
of the observer; i. e., in front of the upper, left-hand 
corner of the sheet. 



40 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

In shading the elevation of a cone, Fig. 40, the slant- 
ing lines are best drawn not convergent to the apex, so as 
to avoid a blotch near that point. 

The section is taken through the central axis of the 
hole, and the uncut rivet is supposed to be placed into 
position. This is the almost universal practice in repre- 





FiG. 41. Fig. 13. 

senting cylindrical pieces fitting into corresponding 
cavities : the cylindrical piece itself is supposed to remain 
uncut by the section-plane. 

Make the drawings twice the size of Figs. 39 and 40. 

EXERCISE 16. 

a. Two views of the journal, Fig. 43, shaded; full size. 

b. Two views of the handle, Fig. 44, shaded ; full size. 

Special Instructions : The shading that the student 
is asked to do in this exercise would rarely be applied in 
practice. Patent-office drawings, and drawings for books, 
trade-catalogues, and advertisements, however, require a 
certain skill in mechanical shading that should be 
acquired by every draughtsman. 

In the journal. Fig. 43, the curved shading-lines in 
the fillets run into the straight lines on the cylindrical 
parts ; from a circular quadrant at the edges, these curves 
should change into parts of ellipses, gradually increasing 



SHADING. 



41 



in eccentricity until they become straight lines on the 
center line. They may, however, be drawn as arcs of 
circles with increasing radii, the centers of these arcs 
being on the perpendicular line through the center of the 
quadrant at the edge. 




Fig. 43. 



Fig. 44 is somewhat difficult to shade, owing to the 
irregular curved outline. In this case, the shading can be 
done more effectively if it is first pencilled free-hand ; 




" sweeps " are then fitted as nearly as possible for inking. 
These sweeps are made of rubber or box- wood, and can 
be obtained in an almost endless variety of forms. Fig. 
45 shows a number of these sweeps, as illustrated in trade- 



42 



MECHANICAL DRAWiNG. 



catalogues. They are used like au ordinary straight- 
edge to guide the ruling-pen in drawing a curve that can- 
not be traced with the compass. 

Attention is called to the free-hand curve representing 
the broken ends of the shaft, Fig. 43. 




EXERCISE 17. 

a. Two views cf the key, Fig. 46, shaded. Full size. 

b. " " " pin. Fig. 47, " " " 

c. " " " bracket, Fig. 48. Scale, V2. Shade. 

d. " " " cylinder-head. Fig. 49, shaded. Scale, Vs. 

Speciai^ Instructions : The following conventional 
rules are usually observed : 

Parallel equi-distant lines of the same thickness indi- 
cate a flat surface, facing the observer. Straight (Figs. 
46 and 48) or circular (Fig. 49) lines may be used, depend- 
ing on the outline. 

A surface in the light appears darker the further it is 
removed from the eye. This is also illustrated in Figs. 
46, 48 and 49, where the shading lines are drawn further 
apart or finer on the nearer surfaces. 



SHADING. 



43 



A surface inclined to the light, but still receiving 
light, is drawn darker as the inclination of the rays 



M"^: 





Fig. 47. 



decreases ; the high light is placed where these rays are 
perpendicular to the surface. (See shading of cylinders 
and sphere, Fig. 47.) 




*n 



Fig. 48, 



A surface in the shade, z. e., turned away from the 
light, is shaded lighter as it recedes from the eye. (See 
shading of cylinders and sphere in Fig. 47 and others.) 



44 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



A shadow is rarely shown in a mechanical drawing, 
as it tends to obscure the details of the work. If used at 
all, it should be the darkest part of the drawing. 

Additional streaks of light are sometimes introduced 
in the shaded parts, to represent reflections from the sur- 
face, if it is polished. These additional high lights are 
very effective, especially in the shading of polished disks, 
as in Fig. 49. 

Attention is called to the dimension 2 '-4'' marked in 
Fig. 49 ; as the mechanic uses the two-feet rule, all 



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dimensions above 24'' should be marked in feet and 
inches. 

The shading of the globular part, Fig. 47, is obtained 
by means of concentric circles around the high-light point 
as center. This point may be found by means of a rigid 
geometrical construction ; it will, however, suffice to 
place it approximately as follows : In the circle repre- 
senting the front- view of the sphere draw a diameter, 
making an angle of 45° with the vertical center-line ; the 
high-light point, or point at which the light strikes the 



SHADING. 45 

surface of the globe at right angles, will be found on that 
line, at a distance of a little more than % of the diameter 
(more exactly %4) from the upper, left-hand end of the 
diameter drawn. 

A study of illustrations in catalogues and mechanical 
journals, together with close observations on the effects of 
light and shade in reality, wall teach the student a great 
deal more than lectures on the subject. Considerable 
practice will of course be needed to attain special dex- 
terity. The student is advised to practice shading on 
the exercises preceding Number 13 ; Fig. 31 is thus 
shown shaded in part. 



46 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



LETTERING. 

Lettering and figuring are b}' no means unimportant 
parts of a drawing ; many a careful work is spoiled by- 
carelessness in this respect. A little practice and a few 
precautions will enable the student to become fairly pro- 
ficient in free-hand lettering. Certain styles of ruled 
letters are used for the main titles, while free-hand print- 
ing and figuring is adopted for minor inscriptions. 

EXERCISE 18. 

Ruled letters illustrated in lines 1-6 inclusive, Fig 50. 
Complete the various alphabets indicated. 

SpeciaIv Instructions : In every case, draw two or 
three parallel lines in pencil, for the proper lining up of 
the letters ; the letters themselves are also drawn in pencil 
before being inked in ; the pencil guide-lines should, of 
course, be erased after the letters are inked in. 

The first two lines show an alphabet that may be con- 
structed almost exclusively with T-square and triangles, 
using perpendiculars. The ratio of the height to the 
width may be varied, and different effects will be pro- 
duced. In a like manner, slanting of the letters, either 
forward or backward, may be preferred in some cases. 
The objection to thio style is the identity of A and R, D 
and O, U and V. 



LETTERING. 



47 



By introducing short oblique lines, 45°, to cut off the 
corners, the type shown in the fourth line may be obtained ; 



flBCDEGKNgnSXYZ 



'ABCSRDQ aboom 12398 

'OEInl^/^ O 123456789 

^ABCDEGHUKOabchnp 
'(ibc(/ef6/7/jAlmoprs(x 

'abcdfjikrsuj/ JJ BCJ^ Sa 
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Fig. 50. 



this may be still further modified by substituting- quad- 
rants of circles for the 45° lines. Similar alphabets, broad 
or high, vertical or oblique, are easily developed. 



48 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

By substituting double lines for the single lines shown 
in the previous alphabets, the letters may be made to 
appear in relief, as if they were carved out. Shading the 
outline as in an ordinary mechanical drawing (see Exer- 
cise 13) will enhance the effect. Different examples are 
given in line five of the figure. 

Line three illustrates the introduction of short bars at 
the ends of long lines. By shading only the horizontal 
lines, good effects may be produced. The use of compli- 
cated, shaded letters is questionable. They require con- 
siderable time and labor, and very often prove too 
ornamental for an ordinary mechanical drawing. The 
styles described above can be made sufficiently impressive 
and appropriate for any mechanical drawing. If the 
student likes the work, he may try his hand at the other 
types illustrated in the figure. 

EXERCISE 19. 
Free-hand lettering illustrated in lines 6, 7, 8 and 9. 

SpeciaIv Instructions : The draughtsman should 
not forget to rule his guide-lines. The work can be inked 
at once, a writing pen with a fine point being used. If 
the letters aic "'aded, the hair lines may be omitted 
altogether, since the eye can supply them very readily 
and with good effect. The inclined style seems to be 
more convenient. Simple ornaments may be added, if 
they do not appear too laborious and heavy. 

The French " round writing " is extremely useful, on 
account of the rapidity with which it can be produced, as 
well as on account of its clear-cut, legible appearance. 
Special stub-pens are used ; special copy-books for prac- 
tice are the best means for attaining a proficiency in this 
work. (Fig. 51.) 



LETTERING. ' 49 

EXERCISE 20. 

Letter the plates containing exercises 1-17. Mark the 
name of the object, the date, the name of the draughtsman, 
ths scale of the drawing, and other particulars that were 
not introduced before. 

Special Instructions : Rule the pencil guide-lines 
in every case ! Avoid making the lettering too promi- 
nent ; yovLT name, especially, should be marked in a 



0i^ii4iO ^Jwtlnop 





Fig. 51. 

modest manner. The position for the principal lettering 
will depend on the open spaces left by the general 
arrangement of the drawings. Do not underscore any 
words ! The space between letters of the same word may 
equal the width of the letter D, while the space between 
words may be double that width. In order to place 
lettering symmetricalh^, start with the middle letter of 
the inscription, and work in both directions.* 



* For an excellent and easy method of lettering see "Lettering for Draughts- 
men, Engineers, and Students,' by Chas. W. Reinhart. (D. Van Nostrand Co.) 



50 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



SCREWS. 

The screw-thread cut on a bolt causes it to move in 
the direction of its axis, as it is turned around the axis, 
the part into which it fits being called the nut. If, on 
the contrary, the bolt remains stationary, the turning of 
the nut will cause the same to move along the bolt. 




Fig. 52. 

If we place a finger on any point of the thread and 
follow the ridge around, we find that as we pass around 
the axis, we also move lengthwise along the bolt. A 
section of the bolt (Fig. 52) through the axis, shows the 
thread to be almost triangular. The sides of the triangle 
being inclined 60° to each other. The grooves between 
the threads are also triangular. The apex of the triangle, 
if followed around the bolt, will be seen to correspond to 
the ridge of the thread, while the bottom of the groove 
forms a similar curve (helix) around the axis. 



SCREWS. ^ I 

As we take a front view of the screw, we observe the 
ridge aud bottom lines as nerves, sloping upward on the 
bolt, disappearing at the right, and re-appearing at the 
left. In moving along the ridge from the left-hand 
extremity of one of these visible portions to the right- 
hand end, the displacement parallel to the axis will be 
equal to that which takes place on shifting along the 
back or hidden portion from right to left. 

If, therefore, we lay off distances on the extreme left 
edge, equal to the axial travel for each complete turn, we 
shall obtain the positions of the ridge-points at the left. 



Fig. 53. 



This distance is called the pitch of the screw. (Fig- 53, 
A-B.) Now draw perpendiculars across the axis, through 
two consecutive ridge-points, A and B ; the thread will 
then bring the ridge on the right half-way between these 
two lines, to point D. 

Instead of drawing the sinusoidal curve from ridge- 
point on the left to the one just found on the right, it is 
usually sufficient in practice to draw straight sloping lines, 
the difference being hardly discernible. The other ridge- 
lines are then simply drawn through the left-hand points, 
parallel to this first line, BD. The bottom of the thread 



52 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

is represented by similar straight lines ; the bottom points 
are found by constructing the section -triangle, sloping the 
two sides from the ridge-points. The upper portion of 
^^S- 53 shows a thread drawn in this manner. 

The simplest conventional method of representing 
screw threads is shown in the lower portion of Fig. 53. 
First draw the two parallel lines at a distance apart equal 
to the diameter of the screw. This given diameter refers 
to outside extreme measurements. Next find from tables 
the standard number of threads per inch corresponding to 
that diameter ; the pitch will equal the fraction of an inch 
obtained by dividing one inch by the number of threads 

per inch. Lay off this pitch {= -r ^ -. — ) 

^ \ no. threads per m./ 

along the left-hand line. Through a point, C, half-way 
between any two consecutive points, A and B, draw a 
pencil -line across and mark its intersection, D, with the 
right-hand line. The line BD gives the proper slope for 
the ridge. On AB as base, construct the triangle AEB, 
sloping AE and BE 30° up and 30° down, respectively, 
getting the point E.* A pencil-line through E, parallel 
to the axis, gives the limiting line of the bottom of the 
thread on the left, while a line equally distant from the 
center-line will give the sam^e depth on the right. Mark 
points similar to E, as F, etc. 

Set your triangle so that one edge is on the line BD, 
and place a straight-edge touching one of the other sides 
of the triangle ! Sliding this triangle along the straight- 
edge, we are able to draw at once, in ink, parallel sloping 
lines limited by the outer and inner bounding lines of the 
screw, the ridges passing through points similar to A and 
B, while the bottom lines correspond to points like E. 



* Use the 30° and 60" triangle with the T-square. 



SCREWS. 



53 



Ink in the extreme lines, parallel to the axis, and erase 
all pencil marks ! The lower part of Fig. 53 shows the 
finished appearance of this thread. There is a difference 
of opinion as to the shading of the thread-lines, some 
draughtsmen drawing the long lines heavier, and others, 
the short lines. The majority in practice seem to favor 
the latter method, shading the bottom -lines. 

Notice that the right-hand extremities of the shorter 
lines are placed exactly opposite the left-hand ends of 
the longer lines. This brings the shorter lines below the 
proper position, half-way between the long ridge-lines. 
This inaccuracy need not be considered in practice ; 





Fig. 54. 

indeed, the bottom lines are usually gauged by the eye, 
without measurement, and are drawn as near the middle 
as possible. -v: 

If the diameter of the di'awing of the screw warrants 
it, the limiting straight lines are replaced by a serrated 
outline, as shown in the upper portion of Fig. 53. In 
small drawings, on the other hand, the sloping lines may 
be omitted, the zig-zag being sketched in free-hand with 
an ordinary writing pen ; again, some draw the outer and 
inner lines only, without the sloping lines across ; shading 
may be used to enhance the effect. (Fig. 54.) In very 
small screws it may be sufficient to draw the outer lines 
and the long sloping lines, thus disregarding the bottoni 
of the thread altogether, 



54 



MECHANICAI^ DRAWING. 



' ' Right-handed ' ' threads are easily distinguished 
from "left-handed" ones. In the latter case, if the 
front- view is placed with the axis vertical, then the 
thread-lines will slope up towards the left instead of the 
right. (Fig. 55.) The other part of this figure shows 
what is called a double thread ; there are two separate 



p/rcH. 





ridge-lines and bottom lines, the ends of successive visible 
portions being exactly opposite to each other, as A and 
B ; the pitch will equal the axial distance between alter- 
nate threads. 

If a right-handed screw be turned around its axis in 
the direction of motion of the hands of a clock, it will 
move into the nut ; to produce a similar effect with a 
left-handed screw, the rotation must be " counter-clock- 
wise " instead of " clock-wise. " 



EXERCISE 21. 

Two views of a 2" bolt, round head and hexagonal nut ; 
standard size. Also add side-view of nut, and section of nut, 
showing interior ; also views of a square nut, fitting the 2" 
bolt. FuU size. 

Speciai, Instructions : Fig. 56 shows a bolt similar 
to the one required. The thread is not represented as it 
passes through the nut ; neither is it shown in the portion 



SCREWS. 



55 



of the screw extending beyond the nut. The majorit3rof 
draughtsmen are opposed to dotting hidden threads ; 
hence these lines are usually omitted ; or, again, in some 
special cases they are draw in full as if they were visible. 
A dotted thread would certainly tend to confuse the 
drawing without being of any use in explaining the con- 
struction of the work. For similar reasons the end stick- 
ing out be3^ond the nut need not be shown as a thread, 



•* 1 e/xr/^ o/Aolt. 




Fig. E6. 



since the fact that a screw-bolt is intended is suflEiciently 
indicated by the rest of the design. 

In the sectional view of the nut, the thread lines that 
appear correspond to the back of the screw, and, there- 
fore, they slope in the opposite direction as compared with 
the slope of the lines in the screw itself. The ' ' cham- 
fering ' ' of the nut is produced by turning off the sharp 
edges of the prism ; the chamfer-lines, thus produced, 
are usually arcs of a circle. The side-surfaces of the nut 
are fore-shortened in the view and hence the circular 
chamfer-lines do not appear as circular arcs, but as por- 



56 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

tions of ellipses ; a sufficiently accurate representation is, 
however, obtained by making them circular. All these 
chamfer-arcs are tangent to the top-line and are, of 
course, equal in height, their ends being on the same 
level. The method of constructing the views of the 
chamfered hexagonal nut are indicated in the figure. In 
the front-elevation three faces are shown, while only two 
appear in the side-view ; since the extreme lines in the 
latter view correspond to faces of the prismatic nut, the 
chamfer-lines of these faces are seen as straight lines, 
extending to the top-line, just as in the other view. The 
size of the wrench-opening required is indicated by the 
width across the flats, shown in the side-elevation. This 
distance is, of course, less than the distance across the 
angles of the hexagon. The radii indicated in the figure 
are not to be inked in. The point A is the center of the 
middle arc ; the radius being equal to the depth of the 
nut. The centers B, B, are found by passing an arc of a 
circle through the points C, and tangent to the line D, E. 
The centers F, F, in the side view are determined in a 
similar manner. 

The length of bolts is always taken as the distance 
under the head to the point. The diagonals H, H, are 
used in a conventional way to denote that the bolt is 
square in section at that portion ; this is to prevent rota- 
tion when the nut is tightened. 

The square nut is also chamfered, and the chamfer- 
lines are arcs of circles. Here, also, the side-lines should 
extend to the top, on account of the chamfer cut on the 
side-face. If the nut were represented with edo-e towards 
the observer, two faces would appear fore-shortened. On 
account of the confusion that might arise if only two 
views of the nut are given, it is customary to show three 



SCREWS. 



57 



faces of the hexagonal nut in the elevation, and only one 
of the square nut ; in any case, a closer inspection of the 
views showing two faces brings out the distinction 
between the two forms of nuts. (Fig. 57.) 

As explained in a previous exercise, it is better to 
construct the plan first. The circle tangent to the out- 
line of the nut corresponds to the circle produced by the 





chamfer. Some draughtsmen insist on dotting in the 
smaller circle inside of the outer circle of the bolt, to 
represent the bottom of the thread in the plan ; this 
refinement is hardly necessary. 

By reference to tables furnished in any trade-catalogue, 
we find that a 2" bolt has 4^ threads per inch. The 
dimensions of the head and nuts will vary for different 
makes ; a good a v^erage value will be 3%'' diameter and 
i%6" depth for the head, 3%" diameter and i^^e" depth 
for the hexagonal nut, and 42%4" diameter and \^^/\q' 
depth for the square nut. The diameter is taken " across 
corners." 



58 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

EXERCISE 22. 

Oil-cup and cover, shown in perspective, Fig. 58 ; detailed 
views ; full size. (Same plate as Ex. 23.) 

SpeciaIv Instructions : In deciding as to the views 
that are required, we notice that an axial section is neces- 
sary to show the interior. The knurling of the rim of 



;-^^ 




; ..'^l ■ 1 BRASS. 
Fig. 58. 

the cap may be sliown in an outside-view, or else the 
wood ' ' knurled ' ' may be printed on the drawing. The 
plan should show that the body of the cup is cylindrical, 
and should also give some information concerning the 
small tube inside. 

We therefore advise the following views : Sectional 
front- view ; top-view with the greater portion of the cap 
supposed to be removed ; and side-view of the cap only. 

The thread is of the same character as on the bolt, 
and is represented in the same way. The pitch depends 
on the diameter and is also found in the tables, owing to 
the fact that standard taps and dies are used to prepare 



SCREWS. 



59 



the hole and the thread respectively. A taper is usually 
given to the screwed nipple ; but it is doubtful whether 
this fact is of sufficient importance to warrant its being 
show^n in the drawing. 

The cap i^hould not be screwed down tightly ; some 
thread should appear on the box below the cap, and some 
on the part of the cover beyond the box. The knurling 
need not be drawn with great precision ; lines crossing 
each other as indicated in the figure will convey this 
information. 

The student is reminded that he must change the 
direction of the sectioning lines for the different pieces. 




Fig. 59. 

EXERCISE 23.* 

Square-threaded screw, used in tailstock of a lathe ; show 
hand-wheel and a portion of the stock. Fig. 59. Scale : V2. 

Speciai^ Instructions: A section of a square-thread 
screw is shown in Fig. 60. It will be noticed that the 
hollows are taken the same in size as the projections, or, 
in other words, the sides of the squares are equal to one- 



* Same plute as Ex. 22. 



6o 



MKCHANICAL DRAWING. 



half the pitch ; for a single-thread screw the hollows on 
one side (B) are, therefore, exactly opposite the projec- 
tions (A) on the other. 

The sloping lines are drawn straight, their real curva- 
ture being disregarded. If the screw is small, the bottom- 
lines need not be shown, and if very small, the threads 




Fig. 60. 

are marked only on the right half of the screw. Fig. 6i 
shows the different ways of drawing the square thread. 

This screw is used chiefly for transmitting motion. In 
the present example it is made left-handed, so that right- 
handed turning of the hand-wheel should force the loose 
" center " outward. 




Fig. 61. 

Other forms of threads are sometimes employed, but 
they are of little importance; any one able to draw the 
triangular thread and the square thread will find no diffi- 
cult}^ in making representations of any other form, such 
as the trapezoidal, the buttress, and the knuckle threads. 

Attention is called to the sectional view of the hand- 
wheel. The cutting plane is always supposed to cut the 
rim and the hub only, not the arms. 



SCREWS. 
EXERCISE 24. 



6i 



Relief-valve for steam-cylinder. Fig. 62. The valve-plug 
proper is held against the seat by the tension of a coiled 
spring ; this tension may be increased or otherwise adjusted 
by means of a hand-screw pressing against the other end of 
the spring. Scale : V2. A longitudinal section and an outside 
elevation will show everything ; hence the plan is not required. 




4~^tuS'a. 



Fig. 63. 



Fig. 03. 



Special Instructions: The coiled spring is not 
drawn by means of curved sloping lines, but, as in the 
screw-thread, straight lines are used. The spring really 



62 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



forms a thread, which is, however, not wound on a 
Cylinder ; hence a portion of the back is visible between 
the front parts of the thread. The cross-sections of the 
convolutions of the coil must be placed like the ridges in 
the screw; i. e., those on one side opposite the spaces on 
the other side. The pitch will depend on the distance 
allowed for the spring. 

The curves of the contour may be struck with the 
compasses as tangent circular arcs ; as the special outline 
is of no great importance, the centers of these arcs need 




Fig. 64. 



not be marked. The hole cut into the side for the escape 
of the steam shows in the profile- view as two lines set 
back towards the axis. The reason for this is apparent. 
To get the amount of this recession accurately would 
require the view given in Fig. 63, at the lower left-hand 
corner. 

The valve-plug itself is not sectioned, in accordance 
with a law stated previously. 

The ' ' studs ' ' called for in the drawing are not repre- 
sented, and need not be shown, since a mistake is not 
possible. Fig. 64 illustrates a "stud" or "standing- 



SCREWS 63 

bolt." This is a bolt without a head, threaded at both 
ends, and screwed into one of the pieces to be connected. 
Properly speaking, in this lower portion, in which the 
bolt "stands," the thread should "bottom," i. <?., the 
thread should not extend be^^ond the limits of the tapped 
hole. The plate that is bound down and held by the nut 
is drilled, but not tapped, a fact shown in the figure by 
the straight lines outside of the zig-zag lines. 



64 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



COG-WHEELS. 
EXEECISE 25. 

Represent to scale and in a conventional manner, a 10" 
wheel gearing with, a 5" wheel, the diametral pitch being 7. 

Special Instructions: The 10" and 5" refer to the 
diameters of the " pitch " circles. These are imaginary 
circles tangent to each other. The teeth or cogs project 
be3^ond the pitch-circle by a distance called the addendum; 
the dedendum is the working depth of the teeth, inside 
of the pitch-circle; the clearance is the remaining depth 
to the base of the cogs. The total depth, measured 
radially, is thus seen to be equal to the sum of the adden- 
dum, dedendum, and clearance. 

The term diametral pitch denotes the number of teeth 
for each inch of diameter. Thus, in this case, the 10" 
wheel has 7x10 = 70 teeth, while the 5" wheel has 7x5 = 
35 teeth. In order that two wheels should gear, they 
must have the same pitch, because then the distances 
from the middle of one tooth to the middle of the next 
one, measured along the pitch circles, will be equal in the 
two wheels. This distance is called the circular pitch, 
and is evidently the circumference of the pitch-circle 
divided by the number of teeth. The circumference is 
equal to n times the diameter, while the number of teeth 
equals the diametral pitch times the diameter; therefore 
the circular pitch is found by dividing it by the diametral 
pitch, since the diameter is cancelled by the division. 



COG-WHEELS. 



65 



The addenda and dedenda are usualh^ equal in the two 
wheels to the length of diameter per tooth; i. e., to the 
diameter divided by the number of teeth, or what amounts 
to the same thing, to one inch divided by the diametral 
pitch. The clearance prevents the teeth of each wheel 
from scraping the bottom of the space in the other wheel. 

It varies in amount for different makes from 



• 157 



diam. pitch 



to 



• 125 



diam. pitch. 

The profiles of the teeth are portions of cycloids or of 
involutes of circles; the}^ may, however, be represented 
by means of arcs of circles. 

The space between the teeth is also made a little wider 
at the pitch-circle than the cogs themselves, by an amount 
called " backlash." 

Fig. 65 illustrates the different portions of the cogs, 
and gives their names. 




In our drawing we shall make the addendum and 
dedendumeach 1/7", the clearance %6", and the tooth and 
space equal; the profiles can be drawn as circular arcs 
with a constant radius. 



66 



ME^CHANICAL DRAWING. 



Place the centers A and B, Fig. 66, (lo'' + 5'') ^ 2 = 
yi/^" apart, measured to scale; the two dotted pitch-circles 
are tangent to each other at the point C on the center- 
line AB. The circumference of the pitch-circle A is to 
be divided into 70 parts, each of which is to be further 
subdivided into two. By trial, step off the circumference 
with the dividers into 10 parts at first, and then subdivide 
one of these parts into 7. lyay off a few of these in both 
directions from C. The other wheel has the same circu- 




FlG 



lar pitch; but, since it has a shorter radius and therefore 
greater curvature, the distance between the points of the 
dividers should be a trifle less. As only a few teeth need 
be shown on each wheel, this correction may be dis- 
regarded. 

Fig. 67 shows on a larger scale a good method of 
drawing the profiles of the cogs. I^ay off CD equal to the 
addendum y^" and EC equal to the depth remaining, %6"; 
the circles through D and E, from center A, are drawn 
in pencil, giving respectively the point-circle and the 



COG-WHEELS. (y'] 

root-circle , limiting the teeth . lyay off from C the distances 
CF = FG = GH etc., equal to the circular pitch , which is 
Vro of the circumference in the given case. Place the 
point K at a distance from G equal to V^ GH, the circular 




Fig. 67. 

pitch. Set the bowpen for the radius = CK = 2^4 times 
the pitch, and, with the center successively at F, G, H, 
etc., strike off the arcs as shown. The points and the 
roots or bottoms of the spaces are then inked in from the 
center. A, of the wheel. In drawing the cogs on the other 
wheel, use the same radius for the profile.* 

Fig. 66 shows the complete drawing. Where the 
teeth are not represented, the blank wheel-disks, showing 
the dotted addendum or point-circle, give the necessary 
information in a conventional way. 

The edge-view of the wheels show transverse lines 
that might be spaced accurately if the cogs were drawn 
all around the wheels. Nothing would be gained by 
such unnecessary accuracy, since only the thickness of 
the wheel is determined from that view. Approximate 
lining may be done as follows: Draw two transverse lines 
in the middle of the view and at a distance apart equal to 
the width of the tooth at the point; pairs of lines are then 

* The radius chosen for the profiles will not give a well-shaped tooth in every 
case; the draughtsman must decide by trial what radius to take. 



68 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

drawn on each side of the middle pair to correspond to 
the teeth next on each side, the distances showing the 
pitch. As we proceed further away from the middle, 
both the distances between the point-lines and the spaces 
between teeth decrease constantly, the latter being, how- 
ever, always greater than the others next to them. At 
the extremes, furthest away from the middle, they are 
shown quite close, but still distinct. The lines that cor- 
respond to the base of the teeth are 7iot shown, as they 
would tend to confuse the drawing without adding any 
new information. A good effect is produced by drawing 
the right-hand edges heavier, as shown in Fig. 66. 

Fig. 68 gives another conventional way of repre- 
senting gears. This is readily understood without any 
further explanation. 







Fig. 68. 

EXERCISE 26. 

Hack and Pinion. Diametral pitch = 6 ; 15 teeth on tne 
pinion ; full size. (Same plate as Ex. 27.) 

Spe;ciai< Instructions : The rack is simply a por- 
tion of a cog-wheel whose diameter is infinitely great. 
The pitch-circle of the pinion is tangent to the straight 



COG-WHEELS. 



69 



pitch-line of the rack. The distance measured on the 
pitch-line of the rack from center to center of consecutive 
spaces (or cogs) must be the same as the circular pitch on 
the pinion. This latter is equal to 3. 141 6'' divided by 6, 
the diametral pitch, or .5236"; hence this distance must 
be laid off on the pitch-line of the rack. 

The pitch-diameter of the pinion must be ^%'' = 2%''; 
the addendum = %"; the outside diameter = ly^' + %" = 
2%"; the whole depth of the tooth = % + -1^% = -Zb^b" ■ 
The other dimensions are taken from stock-sizes of gear- 
wheels. (Fig. 69.) 




Fig. 60. 



The circumference of the pitch-circle is 2.5" x 3.1416 = 
7.854". The rack is 8i/^"long, so that the pinion may make 
one complete revolution in shifting the rack each way. 

Strike off the profiles with circular arcs as before ! 
The two views required are : the front- view, showing the 
gears meshing, and a sectional side-view (or top-view), 
giving the form of the body of the pinion. Since the 
number of teeth is odd, the section must pass through 
one tooth; this fact is, however, not usually represented, 
and the section is shown as if the cutting plane passed 
through the middle of a space. 



yo MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

EXERCISE 27.* 

Worm and worm-wheel, Single thread, right-handed; 
lead=,314 '; diameter of the worm = 2"; number of teeth = 55. 
Full Size. 

Speciai. Instructions: Each revolution of the screw 
or worm moves the pinion or wheel forward one cog, if 
there is only one thread ; this advance is called the lead. 
It follows, therefore, that the pitch of the pinion must be 
equal to the lead of the worm, and the diametral pitch 
will equal ^•^'^" / .zi^' — lo- Since there are 55 cogs on 
the wheel, great reduction of speed is obtained. 

The diameter of the pitch-circle of the pinion = 5%o"= 

5!/^"; addendum = %o"; pitch-diameter of the worm = 

1" — .2" =^ 1.8"; therefore the distance between the 

axis of the worm and the axis of the wheel must be 

I 8'' S s'^ 

— — -\- — — = 3.65'', because the two pitch-circles must 

be tangent to each other in the middle section. The 
diameter of the wheel at the " throat "is 5-5"+ -2" = 
5.7", and the whole depth of the cogs = ^■'^^Vio" = .2157". 

The ' ' face ' ' of the w^heel is made % of the diameter 
of the worm, or i^/^" in this case. The other propor- 
tions may be taken from Fig. 70. 

Fig. 71 is a perspective sketch of a worm-gear. 

Since the exterior view of the cogs of the pinion and 
of the convolutions of the worm is of little importance, 
it will be found more convenient to draw two sectional 
views : one passing through the axis of the wheel and 
perpendicular to the worm -axis, the other through the axis 
of the worm and perpendicular to the wheel -axis. The lat- 
ter view resembles the profile of the rack and pinion. The 



* Same plate as Exercise 36. 



COG-WHEELS. 



71 



section of the worm-thread is usually bounded by straight 
lines, so that the worm is really a screw with a triangular or 
rather trapezoidal thread, in which the sides slope 15°. 
The other sectional view is drawn as if it passed through 
spaces and cut neither thread nor cog ; it shows the hol- 
lowed edge of the teeth, the width of the "face " and 
the particular form of the body and hub of the pinion. 
A little reflection will convince the student that the 




Fig. 70. 



ordinary spur-wheel would have to be modified in order 
to gear with a worm ; thus the spaces and teeth can no 
longer run perpendicularly across the edge of the wheel, 
but must be curved and slanted at an angle, so as to hug 
the helical turns of the worm. 

In Fig. 70 only a portion of the gearing device is 
shown in section ; the rest, in outside view, is drawn in a 
manner similar to that employed in representing screws 



72 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

and ordinary cog-wheels. The fore-shortened sides (AB) 
of the sloping and hollowed teeth of the pinion appear 
about 1/4 of the lead in width.* Care should be taken to 




Fig. 71. 

pass the median profile (CD) through the middle points 
of this width. 

The entire circular view need not be shown. 



* The wheel embraces about 90° or one-quarter of the circumference of the 
worm, and, hence, the teeth are in contact with a quarter turn of the thread. 



COG-WHEELS. 
EXERCISE 28. 



73 



Bevel and pinion gear ; shafts at right angles to each 
other ; largest pitch-diameters, 8" and 4"; 2 pitch ; face=l>^"' 

Special Instructions : The cogs of bevel wheels 
(Fig. 72) are cut on cones instead of cylinders, as in the 
ordinary spur-wheel. The pitch-circles corresponded to 
imaginary pitch-cylinders, that were in rolling contact 




Fig. 73. 

with each other; these are now replaced by pitch-cones, 
in which the largest diameter is called the pitch-diameter. 
Fig- 73 shows the simplest conventional method of 
representation. The conical pitch-surfaces are shown in 
the two views, the " face " being the slant height of the 
frustums. The dotted prolongations of the extreme 
elements, AO, BO, and CO, indicate that O is the com- 
mon apex of the two pitch-cones. The pitch and the 



74 



MbCHA.,.v,/:Liv DRAWING. 



diameters being marked, the number and proportions of 
the teeth are readily determined. 

The holes in the gears, as well as the special size of the 
hub and the form of the body (whether plain, webbed or 
armed), may be indicated in the figure. 

Figure 74 is somewhat more explicit than the previous 
illustration. The "back-cones," ADB and AEC are 
merely suggested, the lines ED, BD, CK being perpen- 
dicular to AO, OB, OC, respectively. AOC and AOB 




Fig. 73. 



are the pitch-cones. The addenda portions of the teeth 
are omitted, and the gears appear as if they were cut 
down to the pitch-cones. The radial lines in f- -^ circular 
view simply suggest the teeth in the crudest ma... ^ 

are spaced approximately. Notice the shading of the 
right-hand and lower edges, in a manner similar to that 
shown in Fig. 66. 

Fig. 75 is more elaborate. The sectional view appeals 
most strongly to the practical man, since it sho\vs all 



COG-WHEELS. 



75 



construction details, and also the depth of the teeth, 
ab = cd. The cogs themselves are supposed to be uncut 
by the section plane. 

AB and AC are still the pitch-diameters; CEA and 
ADB the " back-cones "; Aa = Ad = addendum - 1/2"; 
ac = db = clearance = -1^%" = .0785". The heavy dash- 
lines FG and HI represent conventionally the broken 
edge-lines of the cogs in the background. 

The other view given in Fig. 75 affords excellent 




Fig. 74. 



practice for spacing and drawing numerous short lines. 
The outlines of the teeth may be constructed as in the 
sp^r-w'^- 3. All the " point-lines " and "base-lines" 
. ..-o on cones whose common apex is at O, are drawn 
radially from O' as a center. The fore-shortened depth 
F'K' on the inner cone is easily obtained by viewing FK 
from the side, as indicated by the dashed lines shown in 
the figure. 

Two methods of fastening the wheels to shafts are 



76 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



illustrated : the pinion is held by a " key ' ' or wedge, 
while the gear is bound by a "set-screw." It should 
also be noticed that the shafts passing through the holes 
in the gears are not sectioned. 

NoTK ON Gears in General : Ordinary spur-wheels 
transform rotation around one axis into rotation around 
another and parallel one. The axes of the bevel-gears 
intersect and are usually at right angles to each other; 




while the axes of the worm and its pinion do not inter- 
sect, but are also perpendicular to each other. 

The discussion of the relative velocities of the wheels 
and the design of the proper form of the cogs does not 
come within the province of this book. 

Gears, like bolts and screws, have been standardized 
so that a careful detail drawing is only required when new 
designs are introduced. Then the problem becomes a 
very difficult one, and presupposes for its solution a 
knowledge of the laws of kinematics. 



READING OF DRAWINGS. 



n 



READING OF DRAWINGS. 

The draughtsman should be able to understand a 
drawing; he must see the object in his mind's e^^e; he 
must trace out the lines corresponding to each other in 
the various views; he must appreciate all the dimensions 
as well as the forms. 

The following exercises are given as a substitute for 
reading and deciphering drawings. 

EXERCISE 29. 

Copy Fig. 76, showing main shaft of a steam-engine; 
scale : 1/8. Analyze and explain the construction and form 
of the shaft. 

Special Instructions : The cross-section is repre- 
sented in a break in the view shown; the shaft is circular 



r '^essjit aH JO/S/rs-. 



r-'>i-^ 



©S©-M; 



MixOa SUe\.,l.o^ 



* 5-0" - 

Fig. '.6. 




in section, and a rectangular groove, slot, or " key-way " 
is cut a distance of 3' 9". The shaft is turned cylindrical 
to different diameters at the different portions as indicated. 



yS MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

The key-way at the left end is marked i%"x%6"; 
the latter dimension is evidently the depth of the slot. 

The diagonal lines shown near each end are used con- 
ventionally to indicate the place for the bearings or sup- 
ports of a shaft. The distance between the centers ot these 
journals (6' o'^) is marked because it is customary to 
measure between centers rather than between the ends of 
symmetrical parts. 

The length, 5' 11%'', is figured separately because it 
shows a portion of the shaft turned to the same diameter. 
It will be noticed that the dimension " over all " is given; 
this is important since it suggests to the workman the 
entire length of the piece without obliging him to per- 
form the arithmetical calculation himself. The draughts- 
man must, of course, be careful in marking this "over 
all" dimension, making sure that it tallies with the 
detailed figures. 

' ' Press fit ' ' indicates the accuracy required in turning 
that portion. "Machine steel," of course, gives the 
material to be used. " i off"" means that only one such 
piece is required for a single machine. 

EXERCISE 30. 

Figs. 77, 78, and 79 show the construction of a piston, 
piston-rod and packing-rings of a steam-engine. Draw an 
outside elevation of the piston and rod together ; also a sec- 
tional view on the plane marked ** A," perpendicular to the 
rod and along the face of one ring, not cutting the latter ! 

Special Instructions : The views suggested are 
evidently practice-drawings only, and would not be used 
for a working drawing. In making them the student 
must understand the views shown. 



READING OF DRAWINGS. 



79 



The rod is easily seen to be round from the section 
placed between the imaginary breaks. The different 
lengths and diameters are also evident. The screw-thread 



-s|"- 



r- —'**—»! 






Fig. 7T. 



extends a distance of 3%" on a diameter ot i%", the pitch 
being marked because it is not standard for that diameter. 







Fig. 78. 



The other end of the rod fits into the 1%'' hole through 
the piston, and should be turned to " press fit." 

The piston is, of course, cylindrical, 11" diameter and 



8o 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



5^" thick. The section shows that it is cast hollow, 
while the other view indicates three webs dividing the 
hollow interior into three spaces. The part marked 
" i%" pipe plug " is supposed to fill a hole left for core- 
prints in casting the piece; two other marks placed sim- 
ilarly with reference to the other hollows are for the same 
purpose. 

Two holes, %" diameter and %" deep, are bored into 







Fig 79. 



the end of the piston on opposite sides of the center and 
/i^/2' away; as seen from the end-view, the parts where 
these holes are bored are made thicker for some distance 
around, no special dimensions being given. 

The hole for the rod is provided with a countersink; 
the part of the rod that :^ts into that hole is %" longer 
than the thickness of the piston; this y^' is forced down 
to fill the countersink. 



READING OF DRAWINGS 8t 

Two grooves, %" wide and %" from each end, are cut 
into the piston to a depth of %"; the iqI/^" circle shows 
the bottom of these grooves. The metal behind these 
grooves is strengthened to an amount that can be judged 
from the drawing. 

The ' ' packing rings ' ' are shown in the detail drawing 
(Fig. 79) better than by a section or by dotted lines. The 
outer 12^4" circle and the inner ii%6" circle are struck 
from centers %2" apart, the outer circle being placed con- 
centric with the piston in Fig. 78. The ring is thus 
%" at the thinnest part, and %q" at the thickest. At 
the former a half-lap cut is made, extending a distance 
of %". (As the rings are sprung into position in the 
grooves and are then forced into the 12'' cylinder, the 
half-lap will close up a distance of about ^•^*^^"/4=.785", 
reducing the open circle diameter 1 2 Vi" to a diameter 12")- 
Only one ring is represented, dotted in the circular view 
of Fig. 78, to avoid a confusion of lines; the other ring 
would be placed with the joint on the opposite side of 
the piston, so as to diminish the leakage of steam. 

' ' 2 off ' ' means that two of these rings are to be made 
from this detail sketch. Similar phrases are sometimes 
used to denote the same thing: thus, "one of this," 
" one like this," " one a set," are such instructions. 

Attention is called to the position in which the packing 
ring is placed so as to give a good view; in the section- 
view the joint of one ring is shown dotted, the other ring 
being cut off with the front portion of the piston. The 
section-plane passes through one of the webs, but the 
metal of the web is not represented in section, because 
such cross-hatching would obscure the view. 

The outside elevation is omitted, since nothing new 
would be shown by it. 



82 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

EXERCISE 31. 

Fig. 80 gives outside and sectional views of a connecting 
rod. Make special detail views of the various parts, marking 
all dimensions ! 

Special Instructions: Figs. 81-86 give these 
details in parallel perspective; the student should not 
copy these views, but should show plan and elevations 
of all the parts. 

In order to understand the drawing let us consider 
one end at a time, beginning with the cross-head end 
(left). We notice, first, that there are several pieces held 
together; to take them apart we must first take out the 
so-called "cotter" and "gib" (Fig. 81). The taper 
marked applies to one side each of the cotter and the gib. 
Next we slip off the U-shaped "strap" (Fig. 82) being 
careful, in our drawing, to place the holes for the cotter 
and gib at the proper distance from the ends. The box 
(Fig. 83) consists of two ' ' brasses, ' ' provided with flanges; 
the front view shows that they do not touch, the space 
being left for adjustment. 

The rod proper (Fig. 84) fits against the box and 
presses the same against the cross-head pin, when the 
wedges are tightened ; clearance spaces, left between 
the cotter and the strap, and also between the gib and 
the rod, are clearly indicated in the elevation; hence the 
hole through the rod should be carefully placed at the 
right distance from the end of the rod. 

The right-hand end fits over the crank-pin. The 
brasses on that side (Fig. 85) are kept in position by a 
wedge (Fig. 86) pressing with its tapering side against 
an equally tapered surface in the box-end of the rod, 
while its other surface is forced against the left-hand side 



READING OF DRAWINGS. 



83 




84 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



of the brass. This wedge contains a tapped hole, into 
which screw the bolts used for tightening the device. 
The left-hand brass on this end should be studied, 




Fig. 81. 



because it is designed so as to slip into the box-space in 
the rod ; hence the dimensions of the flange on one side 




Fig. 83. 



are small enough to allow it to enter after the other brass 
and the crank-pin are in place; the wedge must also be 




Fig. 83, 



placed against the brass before it is introduced into the 
box-space of the rod. If the two tap-bolts are now 



READING OF DRAWINGS. 



^5 



passed through the holes in the rod and are screwed into 
the wedge, the latter is tightened and presses the brasses 
against the crank-pin. 

The rod itself (Fig. 84) is rectangular in section, the 




Fig. 84. 

larger dimension increasing from 2%'' at the left, grad- 
ually to 3!/^" at the right, the thickness remaining con- 
stant. The ends of the rod must correspond exactly to 




Fig. 85. 



the size of the strap, the brasses, and the wedge. The 
1/2 " screw hole in the side is for a set-screw to " lock "' 
the cotter in any position, by pressing agains-t it. Places 



with ' ' pipe tap ' ' marked are intended for the reception of 
oil-cups. Attention is called to the form of the holes 
through which the tightening bolts pass in the crank-end 
of the rod; they are not circular, but are bounded by two 



86 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

straight lines and two semicircles. This is necessary to 
allow for the adjustment required. 

The length of the rod, technically speaking, is the 
distance between the centers of the cross-head pin and 
crank-pin respectively; in the drawing this length is 
shown by the distance from the center of the circle 
formed by the brasses at one end to the center of the 
circle at the other end. 

The original drawing shown (Fig. 80) is called the 
' ' assembled, " " general, " or " connected ' ' view, while 
the drawings of the parts are designated "details." 
"F all over" means that all the surfaces are to be 
machine-finished to the size marked. If only some of the 
surfaces are to be fini_hed, then mark " F " or " X " on 
them. (The "X" mentioned is really a corruption of 
the letter " f.") 



MISCELLANEOUS. Sy 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

In the following chapter, additional instructions are 
given without illustration in any given case ; the student 
wnll at this stage of his work be able to appreciate the few 
hints and regulations summarized below. 

Views : In choosing the views to be taken, give pref- 
erence to what may be called the natural positions, thus 
avoiding oblique and inverted views, and queer sections ! 
Draw only as man}" views as are necessary to represent all 
the particulars of form and size ! 

In a symmetrical drawing two views may be easily 
combined into one : half may be shown in section and 
half in outside view. The center-line (dash and dot) 
remains as the boundary line between the two parts, or 
else an irregular line, sketched free-hand, may be intro- 
duced somewhat to one side of the center-line. Thus, the 
piston shown in Fig. 78 could be represented in that 
manner, half only being in section. 

Let your drawings be clean , clear and concise ! If 
many particulars and dimensions are to be marked, it is 
better to make separate detail drawings than to attempt to 
crowd ever^^thing into a complicated general drawing. 

Parts of the same machine that are intended to be made 
in different departments of a shop are usually detailed on 
separate sheets. Thus, the cast iron work is shown sepa- 
rately for the pattern-maker, who makes his own allow- 



88 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

atices for shrinkage and the like; the forge-sheet is designed 
for the blacksmith, and often the necessary additions are 
made by the draughtsman for fitting and finishing. Of 
course it is worth while to mark ver}^ distinctly any special 
instructions to the mechanic who is to work from the 
drawing. 

Dimensions : The dimensioning of a drawing is next 
in importance to the proper representation of the shape of 
the object ; considerable attention should therefore be 
paid to this branch of the work. 

1 . The figures should be plain and easily read at a 
glance ; they should not be too small or hidden in out 
of the way places. 

2. The best place for the dimensions is outside of the 
drawing proper. 

3. Place no dimensions on the center-lines, and none 
on the lines of the drawing itself ! 

4. Mark the chief dimensions in the general view ; 
repeat important dimensions in the different views ! 

5. Group the dimensions ! That is, place together 
dimensions pertaining to the same part ! 

6. The dimension " over all " should be marked con- 
spicuously ! 

7. If the distance required is not properly shown to 
scale in the drawing, and if it is decided that it is not 
worth while to change the whole design, you may mark 
the proper dimension as follows: "Make 5"." This 
means that the distance is to be 5'' irrespective of the 
size drawn. 

If the design is changed and certain dimensions are 
to be altered, it is best to cross over the old figures with- 

^ i"- out blurring them and to mark underneath the 
^^y<^' new and corrected dimensions. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 89 

8. In describing dimensions, take the following 
order : a, width ; b, thickness ; c, length. 

Method : In drawing thick lines, hold the pen in the 
proper position and be especially careful to clean the out- 
side of the pen, if you wish to prevent blotting ! 

Where accurate construction is required, all shade- 
lines should be omitted. 

In no case should the draughtsman use the corners of 
the triangles or the ends of a scale, because the}'- are sure 
to be worn off and hence inaccurate. 

It will be found extremely expeditious to perform in 
groups all operations that require the same setting of an 
instrument ; thus, a series of equal circles and arcs should 
be drawn together ; lines having the same thickness, 
lines running in parallel directions, curves of similar 
forms, figures and letters, should all be inked together, 
wherever possible. 

Colored Inks : Before blue-prints were introduced, 
it was customary to confine the use of black ink to the 
lines representing edges on the object itself, to the figures, 
the arrow-heads, and to the lettered instructions ; red ink 
was used for center-lines and dimension-lines and offset- 
lines ; blue ink also had a special function in some draw- 
ing rooms. If colored ink is used, the distinction between 
full, dashed, dotted and composite lines need not be 
observed so rigoroush'. 

Special Practice : It is impossible to give any par- 
ticular instructions that are recognized in all drawing- 
rooms. Each factory is a law unto itself, and hence we 
find diversions of many kinds. Thus full lines, long 
dashes, ver}- short dashes, dashes and dots are used indis- 
criminately for dimension-lines, offset-lines, center-lines, 
hidden line^ • different methods of representing material 



90 



MECHANICAL DRAWING. 



by special sectioning are employed (vid. Fig. 87, rec- 
ommended to the Am. Soc, of Mech. Engineers, but 
not adopted) ; views are arranged contrary to the rules 
laid down in these pages ; special short-cuts and conven- 
tions are used. 

The intelligent draughtsman should have no difficulty 
in adapting himself to what is considered the best prac- 




tice in his immediate surroundings. It is hardly worth 
while to temporize concerning these minor details, inas- 
much as unanimity of practice, no matter how desirable, 
will not be possible until all the technical schools and 
all the technical societies decide on some definite stand- 
ards. 

Lettering : Lettered instructions are often clearer 
than an elaboration of detail ; e. g. , the words " knurl- 
ing "or " tapped ' ' are more explicit than the correct 
drawing:- 



MISCELLANEOUS. 91 

The name of the whole machine, as well as that of the 
special part, should be marked on each sheet. The name 
or initials of the draughtsman and the date are likewise 
important. The date of any alteration made should also 
be recorded. 

Tracing : The drawing is to be inked on the tracing 
cloth or tracing paper ; and, therefore, the sketch on the 
ordinary paper need not be finished in ink. The smooth 
side of the cloth is preferable, but takes the ink badly 
unless rubbed with powdered chalk. 

The sensitive paper can to-day be bought so cheaply 
that it is not worth the draughtsman's while to prepare 
it himself. An exposure of from 5 to 15 minutes suffices, 
and a good wash in clean water " fixes " the drawing. 
The blue-print usually distorts the proportions, since the 
paper contracts unequally. 

Additional Instruments : The instrument market 
is well supplied with a variety of instruments, some of 
which are extremely useful, while others are chiefly orna- 
mental. A reference to the trade catalogues will be 
found instructive. A few of the more important drawing 
tools are enumerated below : 

The Beam Compass is a straight rod to which are 
attached separate pin, pencil and pen points ; it is used for 
drawing circles of a radius too large to be spanned by the 
ordinary compass. Extension pieces fastened in the latter 
instrument to lengthen its span are a very awkward, 
heavy and inaccurate device. 

The proportional dividers are extremely useful to the 
copyist in enlarging or reducing drawings ; the draughts- 
man proper, however, has little use for them. 

The protractor can be replaced by a table of slopes and 
tangents. 



92 MECHANICAL DRAWING. 

T\\^ prick-point is excellent for very accurate work ; 
the points to be marked are pricked into the paper, and 
a small circle is pencilled around each to help to identify 
the point. 

The use of sponge-rubbers is advised for cleaning an 
inked drawing. 

The double tria?igle, the tetr angle (four-sided), are 
modifications of the ordinary triangles, and have the ad- 
vantage of giving a greater variety of inclinations and 
angles. 

Section- liners are made in various forms, to insure an 
accurate spacing of the lines used for sectioning. A good 
substitute may be improvised by driving nails into a wood 
rule at a distance apart a little greater than the side of the 
triangle. By alternately sliding the rule on the T-square, 
or straight-edge, and of the triangle on the rule, equal 
spacing is obtained. 



INDKX. 



PAGES 

Addendum 64 

Angle Patch 25 

Arrowheads for dimensioning .... . 13 

Assembled view 86 

Backlash 65 

Beam Compass 91 

Bevel and Pinion 73-76 

Bench 14 

Blue Prints 91 

Bolt 54-55 

Bottom view 5 

Bowpen, use of 25-27 

Box 16 

" and Cover 29-30 

Bracket 42, 45 

Brasses 33-34 

" box 82 

Broken ends 42 

Care of Instruments 10 

Center lines 17-18 

" of circle, how marked 17-19-25 

' ' circle 27 

Chamfer. '. 55-56 

Changed dimensions 88 

Circles, drawing of 19-20 

Circular pitch .. 64 

Clearance 64 

Cog-wheels 64 

Coiled Spring 61-62 

Coloring for sections 32-33 

Colored Inks 89 

Conventional method, bevel gears 73-74 

" " gears 68 



94 INDEX. 

PAGES 

Conventional method, screws 51-53 

Combined views 34 

Compass, use of 19-20 

Connecting-rod 82 

Connected views 86 

Cotter and gib 82 

Countersink 80 

Cylinder head 42, 45 

Dedendum .... 64 

Detail drawings 86 

Diagonal lines, for bearings . . . c . 78 

Diametral pitch 64 

Diameter, how marked 27 

Diameters, dimensions .. 18 

Dimension lines 12 

Dimensions, changed 88 

" diameters .... 18 

" how placed I3) 88 

' ' over 24 inches 44 

" over all 78 

" small 15 

Direction of light 35-39 

Dividers, use of 21-24 

Division of lines 21-24 

Dotted lines . . . 8 

Double Thread • 54 

Drawing board 6 

circles 19-20 

cog-wheels 67-68 

isometric 12-13 

paper 6 

pen 8-9 

perspective 6 

threads 51-53 

to scale 14 

working i 

Edge view, cog-wheel 67-6S 

Elevations 4-10 



INDEX. 95 

PAGKS 

Elevations, end 5 

Eye-bar 38 

F-finish 86 

Face-wheel 26 

Fastening of wheels 76 

Flat surface shading 42 

Foreshortened lines 11 

Front view 4 

Function of gears 76 

Gears, conventional method 68 

General view .... 86 

Gib and cotter 82 

Grouping of operations 89 

Handle 41 

Hand-wheel 60 

Helix 50 

Hexagon 21-23 

Hexagonal Nut 56-57 

Hidden Edges 8 

High Light 43-44 

Holes for Adjustment 85-86 

Horizontal lines 6 

India ink 8-9 

Inking-in 8, 89 

Ink-pot 21 

Isometric drawing 12-13 

Journal 40 

Key 42-45 

Key and key way . . 76-78 

Knurling 58-59 

Lead of Worm 70 

Left-handed screw 60 

Length of rod 86 

Lettered instructions 9f>-9i 

Lettering ,. . . . 46-49 

Lines in background 30 



96 INDEX. 

PAGES 

Main shaft, steam engine 77-78 

Marking material 31-32 

" scale 15 

Nut, hexagonal, square 56-57 

" sectional view 55 

Oil cup 58 

Outline shading 35. 89 

Packing rings 81 

Parallel lines 6 

Pencil 6 

Perpendiculars 6 

Perspective i 

' ' parallel 2-3 

Phenix Column 32-33 

Pin •17 42,45 

Pinion 68-69 

Pipe 28 

Piston 80 

' ' rod 79 

Pitch, circular 64 

" -cones 73 

' ' -diameter 64 

" -lines 69 

" of screw 51 

Plan 4 

Polished surface 44 

Practice, special 89-90 

Press fit 78 

Prick point 92 

Profiles of cogs 65-67 

Projection 3 

Proportional dividers . 91 

Protractor 92 

Rack and Pinion 68-69 

Radius, how marked 26 

Reading of drawings 77 

Relief Valve 61 



INDEX. 97 

PAGES 

Rivets 39-40 

Round writing 48 

Rubber 10 

" sponge 92 

Rule, 12-inch 7 

" scale 14-15 

Scale, drawing to 14 

Screws 50-63 

" square thread 59-60 

" set screw 76, 85 

" thread, convent oual method 51-53 

Sections, how made 28-34 

" plane of 29 

Section-lines 28-34 

Sectioning, different pieces . . 30-31 

' ' small surfaces 32 

" standard method of 89 

" special 32 

Section-liner 92 

of nut 55 

' ' showing hole and cylinder 40 

Shading 35-45 

" outline 35. 89 

" circles 36-37 

" cylinder 37 

" fillet curves 37-38 

' ' surfaces 38 

" sphere 39 

" rules for 42 

" fiat surfaces 42 

Shadow 44 

Shade lines, thickness 36 

Side view 5 

Sketch, working 16 

Spacing 7 

Spring, coiled 61-62 

Square nut 56-57 

Standing-bolt 62-63 



98 INDEX. 

PAGES 

Stepping off 21,22,23 

Strap 82 

Studs 62-63 

Stuffing box and gland 30-31 

Sweeps 41-42 

Tail stock of lathe 59 

Tangent arcs and 1 nes 25-26 

Taper 82 

Teeth of cogs 64 

Tetrangle 92 

Threads, screw 50 

" right and left-handed 54 

" double 54 

" conventional way 51-53 

Top view 4 

T-square 6 

Triangles 6 

Tracing 91 

Views, assembled, connected, general . 86 

" choice of 10, 11, 87 

" names of 4 

" number necessary 4 

" placing of 4-5 

Wedge... 82 

Wheels, cog 67 

" section of 59 

Working drawings i 

Worm, lead of 70 

" and worm-wheel 70-72 



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BOILERS. 

Barr. Practical Treatise on High Pressure Steam Boilers, including 

Results of Recent Experimental Tests of Boiler Material, etc. 8vo. Illus- 
trated. Indianapolis, 1893. ^3.00 

Barrus. Boiler Tests : Embracing the results of one hundred and thirty- 
seven evaporative tests, made on seventy-one boilers, conducted by the 
author. 8vo. Boston, 1895. ^S-oo 

Colyer. A Treatise on the Working and Management of Steam Boil- 
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and enlarged. i2mo. London, 1892. $i-5o 

Courtney. The Boiler Maker's Assistant in Drawing, Templating, and 
Calculating Boiler Work and Tank Work, with rules for the Evapora- 
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of Safety Valves, and Useful Tables of Rivet Joints of Circles, Weights 
of Metals, etc. Revised and edited by D. K. Clark, C.E. Illustrated. 
London, 1898. (Weale's Series. ) $0.80 

The Boiler Maker's Ready Reckoner. With examples of Practical 
Geometry and Templating, for the Use of Platers' Smiths, and Riveters. 
Revised and edited by D. K. Clark. 3d edition. London, 1890. (Weale's 
Series.) $1.60 

Davis. A Treatise on Steam-Boiler Incrustation, and Methods for Pre- 
venting Corrosion and the Formation of Scale ; also a Complete List 
of all American Patents issued by the Government of the United States 
from 1790 to July i, 1884, for Compounds and Mechanical Devices for 
Purifying Water, and for Preventing the Incrustation of Steam Boilers. 
65 engravings. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1884. $2.00 

Foley, Nelson. The Mechanical Engineer's Reference Book for Ma- 
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numerous illustrations specially drawn for this work. Folio, half mor. 
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Horner. Plating and Boiler Making. A Practical Handbook for Work- 
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Munro. Steam Boilers : Their Defects, Management, and Construction. 

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Roper. The Steam Boiler : Its Care and Management. With instruc- 
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Use and Abuse of the Steam Boiler. Illustrated, nth edition. 

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Rowan. On Boiler Incrustation and Corrosion. New edition, revised 
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Sexton. Pocket Book for Boiler Makers and Steam Users, comprising a 
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Stromeyer. Marine Boiler Management and Construction. Being a 
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On the Properties of Iron and Steel, on Boiler Mechanics, Workshop 
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Thurston. Manual of Steam Boilers : Their Designs, Construction, and 
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Steam Boiler Explosions. In Theory and Practice, Illustrated. 

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Triplex. Marine Boilers. A Treatise on the Causes and Prevention of 
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Warn. Sheet-Metal Worker's Instructor : For Zinc, Sheet-Iron, Copper, 
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Boiler and Factory Chimneys: Their Draught Power and Stability. 

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Barr. Practical Treatise on the Combustion of Coal, including descrip- 
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Wood. Thermodynamics, Heat Motors, and Refrigerating Machines. 

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Glynn. Treatise on the Construction of Cranes and other Hoisting Ma- 
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Leask. Refrigerating Machinery. Its Principles and Management. 

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the French. 24S pages and numerous tables. i6mo. New York, 1892. 

^0.50 

Redwood. Theoretical and Practical Ammonia Refrigeration. A Prac- 
tical handbook for the use of those in charge of refrigerating plants. 
Illustrated with numerous Tables. i2mo. New York, 1896. $i.CO 

Wallis-Tayler. Refrigerating and Ice-Making Machinery. i2mo, cloth. 
Illustrated. London, 1896. ^3-00 



LIST OF BOOKS. 



INDICATORS. 

Bacon. Treatise on the Richards Steam Engine Indicator. "With a 
Supplement, describing the latest Improvements in the Instruments for 
Taking, Measuring, and Computing Diagrams. Also an Appendix, con- 
taining Useful Formulas and Rules for Engineers. 23 diagrams. 4th 
edition. i6mo, flex. New York, 1883. $1.00 

Ellison. Practical Applications of the Indicator. With reference to the 
Adjustment of Valve Gear on all Styles of Engines. 2d edition. Svo. 
100 engravings. Chicago, 1897. $2.00 

Hemenway. Indicator Practice and Steam Engine Economy. With 
Plain Directions for Attaching the Indicator, Taking Diagrams, Comput- 
ing the Horse-Power, Drawing the Theoretical Curve, Calculating Steam 
Consumption, Determining Economy, Locating Derangement of Valves, 
and making all desired deductions; also, Tables recjuired in making the 
necessary computations, and an Outline of Current Practice in Testing 
Steam Engines and Boilers. 6th edition. i2mo. New York, 1898. 

^2.00 

Le Van. The Steam Engine Indicator and its Use. A Guide to Practi- 
cal Working Engineers for greater economy, and the better Working of 
Steam Engines. i8mo, boards. New York, 1896. $0.50 

The Steam Engine and the Indicator : Their Origin and Progressive 

Development, including the most recent examples of Steam and Gas 
Motors, together with the Indicator, its Principles, its Utility, and its Ap- 
plication. Illustrated by 205 engravings, chiefly of Indicator -cards. Svo. 
Philadelphia, 1890. ^4.00 

Porter. A Treatise on the Richards Steam Engine Indicator, and the 
Development and Application of Force in the Steam Engine. 5th edi- 
tion, revised and enlarged. Svo. London, 1894. ^3-00 

Pray. Twenty Years with the Indicator. Being a Practical Text book 
for the Engineer or the Student, with no Complex Formulse. With 
many illustrations and rules as to the best way to run any Steam Engine 
to get the most economical results. How to Adjust Valves and Valve 
Motions Correctly. Full directions for working out Horse-Power, the 
Amount of Steam or Water per Horse-Power, Economy and Fuel. Ex- 
tended directions for Attaching the Indicator, what Motions to use and 
those not to use. Full directions for Computation of Power by Planim- 
eter and other methods, with many tables and hints. Svo. New York, 
1896. $2.50 



D. VAN NOSTRA ND COMPANY. 



INJECTORS. 

Kneass. Practice and Theory of the Injector. 8vo. New York, 1895. 

Nissenson. Practical Treatise on Injectors as Feeders of Steam Boilers. 

Illustrated. Svo, paper. New York, 1890. $0.50 

Pochet. Steam Injectors : Their Theory and Use. i6mo, boards. New 

York, 1S90. $0.50 

INSTRUCTIONS TO ENGINEERS, FIREMEN, 
AND BOILER ATTENDANTS. 

Bale. A Hand-Book for Steam Users, being Rules for Engine Drivers 
and Boiler Attendants, with Notes on Steam Engine and Boiler Manage- 
ment and Steam Boiler Explosions. i2mo. London, 1890. ^0.80 

Edwards. 900 Exemination Questions and Answers for Engineers and 
Firemen (Stationary and Marine), who desire to obtain a U. S. Govern- 
ment or State License. A new, revised, and enlarged edition. 32mo, 
mor. Philadelphia, 1897. ^1.50 

Grimshaw. Steam Engine Catechism. A Series cf Direct Practical 
Answers to Direct Practical Questions. Mainly intended for Young En- 
gineers. iSmo. New York, 1897. $2.00 

Grimshaw. The Engine Runner's Catechism. Telling how to Erect, 
Adjust, and Run the principal Steam Engines in use in the United States. 
Illustrated. i8mo. New York, 1898. $2.00 

Hawkins. Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room. Useful to 
Engineers, Firemen, and Mechanics, relating to Steam Generators, Pumps, 
Appliances, Steam Heating, Practical Plumbing, etc. 184 illustrations. 
Svo. New York, 1899. J^2.oo 

Aids to Engineers' E.raminations. Prepared for Applicants of all 

Grades with Questions a.id Answers. A Summary of the Principles and 
Practice of Steam Engineering. i2mo, leather, gilt edge. New York, 
1894. $2.00 

Reynolds. The Engineman's Pocket Companion and Practical Educator 
for Engineman, Boiler Attendants, and Mechanics. Illustrated. i6mo, 
London, 1886. $i-40 

Roper. Instructions and Suggestions for Engineers and Firemen who 
wish to Procure a License, Certificate, or Permit to take charge of any 
class of Steam Engines or Boilers, Stationary, Locomotive, and Marine. 
i8mo, mor. Philadelphia, i8f)4. $2.00 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

Questions and Answers for Engineers. This little book contains all 

tiie questions that Engineers will be asked when undergoing an exami- 
nation for the purpose of procuring licenses, and they are so plain that 
any Engineer or Fireman of ordinary intelligence may commit them to 
memory in a short time. 5th edition. i8mo, mor. Philadelphia. $2,00 

Stephenson. Illustrated Practical Test E.xamination and Ready Refer- 
ence Book for Stationary, Locomotive, and Marine Engineers, Firemen, 
Electricians, and Machinists, to procure Steam Engineer's license. i6mo, 
Chicago, 1892. $1.00 

Stromberg. Steam User's Guide and Instructor. Plain and Correct Ex- 
planations in regard to Engines, Pumps, Dynamos, and Electricity. Prac- 
tically, so that Engineers, Machinists, Firemen, and Electricians of Lim- 
ited Education can understand and become expert practical engineers. 
i6mo. St. Louis, 1S94. ^1.50 

Watson. How to Run Engines and Boilers. Practical Instruction for 
Young Engineers and Steam Users. 2d edition. Illustrated. i6mo. 
New York, 1S96. . |i.oo 

Zwicker. Practical Instructor in questions and answers for Machinists, 
Firemen, Electricians, and Steam Engineers. 24mo. St. Louis, Mo., 
1898. ^i.oo 

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 

Grimshaw. Locomotive Catechism. Containing nearly 1,300 Questions 
and Answers Concerning Designing and Constructing, Repairing and 
Running Various Kinds of Locomotive Engines. Intended as Exami- 
nation Questions and to Post and Remind the Engine Runner, Fireman, 
or Learner. 176 illustrations. i2mo. New York. 1898. $2.00 

Hill. Progressive Examinations of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. 
i6mo. New York, 1891. ^0.50 

Hoxsie. Pocket Companion for Locomotive Engineers and Firemen : Con- 
taining General Rules and Suggestions for the Management of an Engine 
under all circumstances. 5th edition. i6mo. Albany, 1876. $1.50 

Hughes. Construction of the Modern Locomotive. 8vo. Illustrations 
and folding plates. New York, 1894. ^3- 50 

Meyer. Modern Locomotive Construction. 1,030 illustrations. 4to. New 
York, 1894. $10.00 

Phelan. Air Brake Practice, being a description of the construction, ob- 
jects sought, and results obtained, by the Westinghouse automatic air 
brake, as well as complete directions for operating it under the many 
diverse conditions in daily practice. 3 large folding plates. i2mo. New 
York, 1890. #1.00 



D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY. 

Reagan. Locomotive Mechanism and Engineering. i2mo, with 145 il- 
lustrations. New York, 1S98. $2.00 

Reynolds. Locomotive Engine Driving. A Practical Manual for Engi- 
neers in charge of Locomotive Engines. 8th edition, enlarged. i2mo. 
London, 1892. ^1.40 

The Model Locomotive Engineer, Fireman, and Engine Boy: Com- 
prising a Historical Notice of the Pioneer Locomotive Engines and their 
Inventors. i2mo. London, 1895. $ .80 

Continuous Railway Brakes. A Practical Treatise on the several 

Systems in use in the United Kingdom ; their Construction and Perform- 
ance. Numerous illustrations and tables. 8vo. London, 1882. $3.60 

Engine Driving Life: Stirring Adventures and Incidents in the Lives 

of Locomotive Engine Drivers. 2d edition, with additional chapters. 
i2mo. London, 1894. $0.80 

Rogers. Pocket Primer or Air Brake Instruction. Stiff paper cover. ^0.50 

Roper. Hand-Book of the Locomotive ; including the construction of 
engines and boilers and running of locomotives. 15th edition, revised. 
i2mo, mor. tucks. Philadelphia, 1897. $2.50 

Sinclair. Locomotive-Engine Running and Management. A Piactical 
Treatise on Locomotive Engines, showing their performance in running 
different kinds of trains with economy and Despatch. Also, directions 
regarding the care, management, and repairs of Locomotives and all their 
connections. Illustrated by numerous engravings. 21st edition, revised. 
T2mo. New Voi'k, 1S99. $2.00 

Stretton. The Locomotive Engine and its Development. A Popular 
Treatise on the Gradual Improvements made in Railway Engines be- 
tween the years 1803 and 1892. Illustrated. i2mo. 3d edition. Lon- 
don, 1S96. $i-5o 

Synnestvedt. Diseases of the Air Brake System. Their Causes, Symp- 
toms, and Cure. Illustrated. i2mo. 1894. $1.00 

Woods. Compound Locomotives. 2d edition, revised and enlarged by 
D. L. Barnes. 8vo. Illustrated. Chicago, 1894. $3-Oo 



MACHINE TOOLS AND APPLIANCES. 

Harrison. The Mechanic's Tool Book, with Practical Rules and Sugges- 
tions for Machinists, Iron Workers, and others. i2mo. New York, 
1882. $1.50 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

Hasluck. The Mechanics' Work-shop Handy Book. A Practical Man- 
ual on Mechanical Manipulation. Embracing Information on Various 
Handicraf . Processes, with Useful Notes and Miscellaneous Memoranda. 
i2mo. London, 1895. ^0.5.0 

Knight. Mechanician. A Treatise on the Construction and Manipulation 
of Tools, for the Use and Instruction of Young Engineers and Scientific 
Amateurs. 4th edition. 4to. London, 1888. ^7.25 

Lukin. Young Mechanic. Containing directions for the use of all kinds 
of Tools and for construction of Steam Engines and Mechanical Models, 
including the Art of Turning in Wood and Metal. Illustrated. i2mo. 
New York. ^i-75 

Rose. Complete Practical Machinist. Embracing Lathe Work, Vise 
Work, Drills and Drilling, Taps and Dies, Hardening and Tempering, 
the Making and Use of Tools, Tool Grinding, Marking out Work, etc. 
Illustrated by 356 engravings. 19th edition, greatly enlarged. i2mo. 
Philadelphia, 1899. ^2.50 

Shelley. Work -shop Appliances. Including descriptions of some of the 
Gauging and Measuring Instruments, Hand Cutting Tools, Lathes, Drill- 
ing, Planing, and other Machine Tools used by Engineers. loth edition, 
with an additional chapter on Milling, by R. R. Lister. Illustrated. 

' i2mo. London, 1897. #1.50 

Smith. Cutting Tools worked by Hand and Machine. 14 plates and 51 
illustrations. 2d edition. i2mo. London, 1884. ^i-5o 

Usher. Modern Machinist. A Practical Treatise on Modern Machine 
Shop Methods, describing in a comprehensive manner the most Approved 
Methods, Processes, and Appliances Employed in Present Practice, etc. 
257 illustrations. i2mo. New York, 1895. ^2.50 

Watson. Modern Practice of American Machinists and Engineers. i2mo. 
Illustrated. Philadelphia, 1892. $2.50 

MECHANICAL DRAWING AND MACHINE 
DESIGN. 

Andre. Draughtsman's Hand-Book of Plan and Map Drawing ; including 
Instructions for the preparation of Engineering, Architectural and Me- 
chanical Drawings, with numerous illustrations, and colored examples. 
8vo. London, 1891. $3-75 

Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Technical Drawing. Embracing the Principles 
of construction as applied to Practical Design. With numerous illustra- 
tions of Topographical, Mechanical, Engineering, Architectural, Perspec- 
tive, and Free-hand Drawing. 8vo, leather. New York, 18S7. ^9 00 



D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY. 

Armengaud, Amoroux, and Johnson. Practical Draughtsman's Book of 
Industrial Design, and Machiinists' and Engineers' Drawing Companion. 
Forming a Complete Course of Mechanical, Engineering, and Architectu- 
ral Drawing, with additional matter and plates, selections from and ex- 
amples of the most useful and generally employed mechanism of the 
day. Illustrated by fifty folio steel plates, and fifty w'oodcuts. New 
edition. 4to, half mor. Philadelphia, 1892. $6.00 

Barber. Engineers' Sketch Book of Mechanical Movements, Devices, Ap- 
pliances, Contrivances, Details employed in the Design and Construction 
of Machinery for every Purpose. Collected from numerous sources and 
from actual work. Classified and arranged for reference. Nearly 2,000 
illustrations. Svo. London, 1897. $4-00 

Building and Machine Draughtsman. A practical guide to the projection 
and delineation of subjects met with in the practice of the engineer, 
machinist, and building constructor, etc. ; by practical draughtsmen. 
i2mo. London, 1S91. $2.00 

Burns. Illustrated Architectural Engineering and Mechanical Drawing 
Book. For the use of Schools, Students, and Artisans. loth edition, 
revised and corrected, with additional sections on important departments 
of the art. Svo. 284 illustrations. New York, 1893. $1.00 

Davidson. Drawing for Machinists and Engineers. Comprising a com- 
plete course of Drawing adapted to the requirements of Millwrights and 
Engineers ; also, course of practical instruction in the coloring of me- 
chanical drawings. 4th edition. i6mo. London. $i.75 

Donaldson. Drawing and Rough Sketching for Marine Engineers, with 
Proportions, Instructions, Explanations, and Examples ; also How to De- 
sign Engines, Boilers, Propellers, Paddle Wheels, Shafts, Rods, Valves, 
etc. 6th edition. Illustrated. London, 1899. $300 

Faunce. Mechanical Drawing, prepared for the use of the students of 
the Mass. Institute of Technology. 2d edition, revised and enlarged. 
Illustrated and 8 plates. i2mo. Boston, 1898. ^1-25 

Halliday. First Course in Mechanical Drawing (Tracing). Folio, paper. 
London, 1S89. ^0.75 

Mechanical Graphics. A second course in Mechanical Drawing, with 

preface by Professor Perry. Svo. London, 18S9. $2.00 

Hulme. Mathematical Drawing Instruments and How to Use Them. 
4th edition. i2mo. New York, 1890. $1.50 

Klein. Elements of Machine Design. Notes and plates. 8vo. Beth- 
lehem, Pa., 1889. $6.00 

Low. Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design. i2mo. London, 
1,898. Net $0.75 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

Low and Bevis. Manual of Machine Drawing and Design. 3d edition, 
753 illustrations. 8vo. London, 1898. $2.50 

MacCord. Practical Hints for Draughtsmen. Illustrated with 68 dia- 
grams and full page plates. 3d edition, 410. New York, 1890. $2.50 

Mechanical Drawing. Progressive Exercises and Practical Hints. 

For the use of all who wish to acquire the Art, with or without the aid 
of an Instructor. 232 illustrations. 410. New York, 1895. $4.00 

Kinematics, or Practical Mechanics. A Treatise on the Transmis- 
sion and Modification of Motion and the Construction of Mechanical 
Movements. For the use of Draughtsmen, Machinists, and Students of 
Mechanical Engineering, in which the laws governing the motions and 
various parts of Mechanics, as affected by their forms and modes of con- 
nection, are deduced by simple geometrical reasoning, and their applica 
tion is illustrated by accurately constructed diagrams of the different 
mechanical combinations discussed. 4th edition. 8vo. New York, 
1896. $5-00 

Mahan and Thompson. Industrial Drawing. Comprising the Descrip- 
tion and Uses of Drawing Instruments, the Construction of Plane Fig- 
ures, the Projections and Sections of Geometrical Solids, Architectural 
Elements, Mechanism, and Topographical Drawing. Revised and en- 
larged, and chapter on Colored Topography added. 30 plates. 8vo. 
New York, 1890. $3- 50 

Minifie. Mechanical Drawing. A Text-Book of Geometrical Drawing, 
for the use of Mechanics and Schools, in which the Definitions and Rules 
of Geometry are familiarly explained : the Practical Problems are ar- 
ranged from the most simple to the more complex, and in their descrip- 
tion technicalities are avoided as much as possible. With illustrations 
for Drawing Plans, Sections, and Elevations of Buildings and Machin- 
ery ; an Introduction to Isometrical Drawing, and an Essay on Linear 
Perspective and Shadows. Illustrated by over 200 diagrams, engraved 
on steel. With an Appendix on the Theory and Application of Colors. 
Svo. New York, 1893. $4.00 

Geometrical Drawing. Abridged from the octavo edition, for the 

use of Schools. Illustrated with 48 steel plates. 9th edition. Revised 
and enlarged. i2mo. New York, 1890. ^2.00 

Palmer. Mechanical Drawing, Projection Drawing, Geometric and Oblique 
Drawing, Working Drawings. A Condensed Text for Class Room use. 
Svo. Columbus, O. 1894. ^i.oo 



D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY. 

Ripper. Machine Drawing and Design for Technical Schools and Engi- 
neer Students. Being a complete course of Instruction in Engineering 
Drawing, with Notes and Exercises on the Application of Principles to 
Engine and Machine Design, and on the Preparation of Finished Col- 
ored Drawings. Illustrated by 52 plates and numerous explanatory 
drawings. Svo. London, 1S97. ^6.00 

Roberts. Drawing and Designing for Marine Engineers. 21 large fold- 
ing plates and many other illustrations throughout the text. Svo. Lon- 
don, 1898. $3.00 

Rose. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught. Comprising Instructions in 
the Selection and Preparation of Drawing Instruments, Elementary In- 
struction in Practical Mechanical Drawing, together with Examples in 
Simple Geometry and Elementary Mechanism, including Screw Threads, 
Gear Wheels, Mechanical Motions, Engines and Boilers. Illustrated by 
330 engravings. 4th edition, revised. Svo. Philadelphia, 1898. $4.00 

Shaw. Mechanical Integrators. Including the various Forms of Pla- 
nimeters. iSmo, boards. Illustrated. New York, 1SS6. $0.50 

Smith. Graphics, or the Art of Calculation by Drawing Lines, applied 
especially to Mechanical Engineering. Part I. Text, with Separate Atlas 
of Plates — Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Vector and Lecor Addi- 
tion, Machine Kinematics, and Statics of Flat and Solid Structures. Svo. 
London, 1SS8. $5-oo 

Stanley. Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing Instruments, 

their Construction, Uses, Qualities, Selection, Preservation, and Sugges- 
tions for Improvements, with Hints upon Drawing and Coloring. 5th 
edition. i2mo. London, 1878. I2.00 

Tomkins. Principles of Machine Construction ; being an application of 
Geometrical Drawing for the Representation of Machinery. Text i2mo. 
Plates 4to. New York. $3- 5° 

Unwin. Elements of Machine Design. Part I. General Principles, Fas- 
tenings, and Transmissive Machinery. i6th edition. i2mo. London, 
1898. #2.00 

Part II. Chiefly on Engine Details. i2mo. 13th edition, revised 

and enlarged. London, 1895. ^1.50 

Warren. Elements of Machine Construction and Drawing : or, Machine 
Dramng, with some elements of descriptive and rational kinematics. 
2 vols. Text and plates. Svo. New York. ^7-5o 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

MECHANICAL ENGINEERS' HAND-BOOKS. 

Adams. Hand-Book for Mechanical Engineers. 2d edition. Revised 
and enlarged. i2mo. London, 1897. $2.50 

Appleton's Cyclopcedia of Applied Mechanics : a Dictionary of Mechani- 
cal Engineering and the Mechanical Arts. Edited by Park Benjamin. 
Nearly 7,000 illustrations. Revised and improved edition. 2 vols. 8vo, 
leather. New York, 1893. ;^i5.oo 

Bale. Steam and Machinery Management : A Guide to the Arrangement 
and Economical Management of Machinery, with Hints on Construction 
and Selection. Illustrated. 2d edition. i2mo. London, 1890. (Weale's 
Series.) ^i.oo 

Benjamin. Wrinkles and Recipes. Compiled from the Scientific Atneri- 
can. A collection of Practical Suggestions, Processes, and Directions, 
for the Mechanic, Engineer, Farmer, and Housekeeper. With a Color 
Tempering Scale and Numerous Wood Engravings. 4th revised edition. 
i2mo. New York, 1894. ^2.00 

Byrne. Hand-Book for the Artisan, Mechanic, and Engineer. Compris 
ing the Grinding and Sharpening of Cutting Tools, Abrasive Processes, 
Lapidary Work, Gem and Glass Engraving, Varnishing and Lackering 
Apparatus, Materials and Processes for Grinding and Polishing, etc. 8vo. 
Illustrated. Philadelphia, 1SS7. IS-oo 

Carpenter. Text-Book of Experimental Engineering. For Engineers and 
for Students in Engineering Laboratories. 249 illustrations. 5th revised 
edition. 8vo. New York, 1S98. ^6.00 

Chordal. Extracts from Chordal's Letters. Comprising the choicest 
selections from the Series of Articles which have been appearing for the 
past two years in the columns of the American Machinist. With over 50 
illustrations. i2mo. New York, 1898. #2.00 

Clark. Manual of Rules, Tables, and Data for Mechanical Engineers, 
based on the most recent investigations. With numerous Diagrams. 
6th edition. 1,012 pages. London, 1897. $5.00 

Mechanical Engineers' Pocket-Book of Tables, Formulae, Rules, and 

Data. A Handy-Book of Reference for Daily Use in Engineering Prac- 
tice. i6mo, mor. London, 1893. $3-oo 

Dixon. The Machinists' and Steam Engineers' Practical Calculator. 
A compilation of useful Rules and Problems, arithmetically solved, to- 
gether with general information applicable to Shop Tools, Mill Gearing, 
Pulleys and Shafts, Steam Boilers and Engines. Embracing valuable 
Tables and Instructions in Screw Cutting, Valve and Link Motion. 2d 
edition. i6mo, mor., pocket form. New York, 1892. #1.25 



D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY. 

Engineering Estimates, Costs, and Accounts. A Guide to Commercial 
Engineering. With numerous Examples of Estimates and Costs of Mill- 
wright Work, Miscellaneous Productions, Steam Engines and Steam 
Boilers, and a Section on the Preparation of Costs Accounts. By a Gen- 
eral Manager. Svo. London, 1S90. $4.80 

General Machinist, Being a Practical Introduction to the Leading Depart- 
ments of Mechanism and Machinery, the Communication of Motion or 
the Transmission of Force by Belt, Rope, Wire Rope, and Pulley Gearing 
— Toothed- Wheel and Frictional Gearing ; together with the details of 
the component and essential parts of mechanism — Shafts, Pedestals, 
Hanger, Clutches, etc., and of the methods of fitting up Machines, Screw 
Bolts, Riveting,- etc. By various practical writers and machinists. 75 
illustrations and 4 folding plates. Svo. London, 1891. ^2.00 

Grimshaw. Hints to Power Users. Plain, Practical Pointers, fiee from 
high Science, and intended for the man who pays the bills. i2mo. New 
York, 1 89 1. $1.00 

Hasluck. Mechanic's Workshop Handy-Book. A Practical Manual on 
Mechanical Manipulation. Embracing Information on Various Handi-_ 
craft Processes, with Useful Notes, and Miscellaneous Memoranda. 
i2mo. London, 18S8. $0.50 

. Haswell. Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket Book, Containing Weights 
and Measures, Rules of Arithmetic, Weights and Materials, Latitude and 
Longitude, Cables and Anchors, Specific Gravities, Squares, Cubes, and 
Roots, etc. ; Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids, Trigonometry, Me- 
chanics, Friction, Aerostatics, Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics, Dynamics, 
Gravitation, Animal Strength, Windmills, Strength of Materials, Limes, 
Mortars, Cements, etc. ; Wheels, Heat, Water, Gunnery, Sewers, Com- 
bustion, Steam and the Steam Engine, Construction of Vessels, Miscel- 
laneous Illustrations, Dimensions of Steamers, Mills, etc.; Orthography 
of Technical Words and Terms, etc. 62d edition. Revised and enlarged. 
i2mo, mor. tuck. New York, 1899. $4.00 

Hawkins. Hand-Book of Calculations, for Engineers and Firemen ; re- 
lating to the Steam Engine, the Steam Boiler, Pumps, Shafting, etc. 
Illustrated. Svo. New York, 1898. ^2.00 

Hutton. Works Manager's Hand-Book of Modern Rules, Tables, and 
Data for Civil and Mechanical Engineers, Millwrights, and Boiler Makers, 
Tool Makers, Machinists, and Metal Workers, Iron and Brass Founders, 
etc. 5th edition, revised, with additions. Svo, half-bound. London, 
1895. $6.00 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

Hutton. Practical Engineer's Hand-Book. Comprising a Treatise on 
Modern Engines and Boilers, Marine, Locomotive, and Stationary, and 
containing a large Collection of Rules and Practical Data Relating to 
Recent Practice in Designing and Constructing all kinds of Engines, 
Boilers, and other Engineering Work. 5th edition, carefully revised, with 
additions. 370 illustrations. 8vo. London, 1S96. $7-oo 

Kent. Mechanical Engineers' Pocket-Book. A Reference Book of Rules, 
Tables, Data, and Formulse, for the Use of Engineers, Mechanics, and 
Students. 1,087 pages. i2mo. New York, 1S99. #5-oo 

Knight. American Mechanical Dictionary. A Descriptive Word Book 
of Tools, Instruments, Chemical and Mechanical Processes ; Civil, Me- 
chanical, Railroad, Hydraulic, and Military Engineering. A History of 
Inventions. General Technological Vocabulary, and Digest of Mechani- 
cal Appliances in Science and the Industrial and Fine Arts. 3 vols. 
Illustrated, Svo. Boston, 1884. ^24.00 

Supplement to the above, $9.00 

The 4 vols., complete, ^27.50 

Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms used in the Practice of Mechanical En- 
gineering. Embracing those current in the Drawing Office, Pattern Shop, 
Foundry, Fitting, Turning, Smiths' and Boiler Shops, etc., comprising 
upwards of 6,000 definitions. Edited by a Foreman Pattern Maker. 
i2mo. London, 1888. ^3-oo 

Molesworth. Pocket-Book of Useful Formulae and Memoranda for Civil 
and Mechanical Engineers. 23d edition, revised and enlarged. Pocket- 
book form. London, 1899. $2.00 

Moore. Universal Assistant and Complete Mechanic : Containing over 
One Million Industrial Facts, Calculations, Receipts, Processes, Trade 
Secrets, Rules, Business Forms, Legal Items, etc. Illustrated. i2mo. 
New York. ^2.50 

Nystrom's Pocket-Book of Mechanics and Engineering. Revised and 
corrected by W. D. Marks. 20th edition. Greatly enlarged. i2mo, 
mor. tucks. Philadelphia, 1895. ^3- 50 

Rankine. Useful Rules and Tables relating to Mensuration, Engineering 
Structures, and Machines. 7th edition, thoroughly revised by W. J. 
Millar. With Electrical Engineering Tables, Tests, and Formulae for the 
Use of Engineers, by Prof. A. Jamieson. i2mo. London, 1889. ^4.00 

Roper. Engineers' Handy-Book. Containing a full explanation of the 
Steam Engine Indicator, and the Use and Advantage to Engineers and 
Steam Users. With Formulas for estimating the Power of all Classes 



D. VAJSf NOSTRAND COMPANY. 

of Steam Engines ; also Facts, Figures, Questions, and Tables, for Engi- 
neers who wish to qualify themselves for the United States Navy, the 
Revenue Service, the Mercantile Marine, or to take charge of the better 
class of stationary Steam Engines. Illustrated. 14th edition. i6mo, 
mor. tucks. Philadelphia, 1899. fo-5° 

Scribner. Engineers' and Mechanics' Companion. Comprising United 
States Weights and Measures, Mensuration of Superfices and SoHds; 
Tables of Squares and Cubes ; Square and Cube Roots ; Circumference 
and Areas of Circles ; the Mechanical Powers ; Centres of Gravity ; Gravi- ' 

. tation of Bodies; Pendulums; Specific Gravity of Bodies; Strength, 
Weight, and Crush of Materials ; Water-wheels, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, 
Statics, Centres of Percussion and Gyration ; Friction Heat ; Tables of 
the Weight of Metals, Scantling, etc. ; Steam and Steam Engine. 20th 
edition, revised. i6mo, full mor. New York, 1890. ^i-50 

Spons' Tables and Memoranda for Engineers, and convenient reference 
for the pocket. loth edition, 64mo, roan, gilt edges. London, 1889. 
In cloth case. ^0.50 

Mechanics' Own Book. A Manual for Handicraftsmen and Ama- 

• teurs. Complete in one large vol., 8vo, containing 700 pp. and 1,420 
illustrations. 2d edition. London, 1898. ^2.50 

Dictionary of Engineering. Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval, 



with Technical Terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. 8 vols. 

8vo, cl. London, 1S74. Each, ^5.00 

Supplement to above. 3 vols., cl. London, 1881. Each, #5.00 

Templeton. Practical Mechanics' Workshop Companion. Completing 
a great variety of the most useful Rules and Formula; in Mechanical 
Science, with numerous Tables of Practical Data and Calculated Results 
fo; Facilitating Mechanical Operations. 17th edition, revised, modernized, 
and considerably enlarged, by Walter S. Hutton. i6mo, leather. Lon- 
don, 1895. ^--oo 

Engineers', Millwrights', and Mechanics' Pocket Companion. 

Comprising Decimal Arithmetic, Tables of Square and Cube Roots, Prac- 
tical Geometry, Mensuration, Strength of Materials, Mechanical Powers, 
Water Wheels, Pumps and Pumping Engines, Steam Engines, Tables of 
Specific Gravity, etc. Revi.sed, corrected, and enlarged from the 8th Eng- 
lish edition, and adapted to American Practice, with the addition of much 
new matter. Illustrated by J. W. Adams. i2mo, mor. tucks. New York, 
1893. • ^2.00 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

Van Cleve. English and American Mechanic. An everyday Hand-Book 
for the Workshop and the Factory. Containing Several Thousand Re- 
ceipts, Rules, and Tables indispensable to the Mechanic, the Artisan, and 
the Manufacturer. A new, revised, enlarged, and improved edition. 
Edited by Emory Edwards, M.E. i2mo. Philadelphia, 1S93. $2.00 

MECHANICS (ELEMENTARY AND APPLIED). 

Church. Notes and Examples in Mechanics ; with an Appendix on the 
Graphical Statics of Mechanism. 128 illustrations and 6 plates. 8vo. 
New York, 1897. ^2.00 

Cotterill. Applied Mechanics, an Elementary General Introduction to 
the Theory of Structures and Machines. Illustrated. 3d edition. 8vo. 
London, 1895. ^5-oo 

and Slade. Lessons in Applied Mechanics. i2mo. London, 1894. 

Net ^1.25 

Dana. A Text-Book of Elementary Mechanics for the use of Colleges 
and Schools. loth edition. i2mo. New York, 1898. $i-50 

DuBois. Elementary Principles of Mechanics. Designed as a Text-Book 
for technical schools. 3 vols. 8vo. New York. 

Vol. I. Kinematics. ^3-5° 

Vol. II. Statics. ^4-oo 

Vol. III. Kinetics. $3-5° 

Garnett. Treatise on Elementary Dynamics. For the use of Colleges 
and Schools. 5th edition. 8vo. London, 1889. Net $1.50 

Geldard. Statics and Dynamics. Illus. i2mo. London, 1893. ^1.50 

Goodeve. Principles of Mechanics. New edition, rewritten and enlarged. 
i2mo. London, 1889. $--5° 

Manual of Mechanics. An Elementary Text-Book for Students of 

Applied Mechanics. Illustrated. i2mo. London, 1 881. $0.80 

Hancock. Text-Book of Mechanics and Hydrostatics. With over 500 
diagrams. 8vo. New York, 1894. ^i-75 

Hughes. Condensed Mechanics : a selection of Formula;, Rules, Tables, 
and Data for the Use of Engineering Students, Science Classes, etc., in 
accordance with the requirements of the Science and Art Department. 
i2mo. London, 1 891. $1.00 

Jamieson. Elementary Manual of Applied Mechanics. Specially ar- 
ranged for the use of First Year Science and Art, City and Guilds of 
London Institute, and other Elementary Engineering Students. i2mo. 
London, 1898. ^'-^S 



D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY. 

Kennedy. Mechanics of Machinery. With numerous illustrations. i2mo. 
London, iSS6. ^3-50 

Kinematics of Machinery ; or, The Elements of Mechanism. i6mo, 

boards. New York, iSSi. I0.50 

Nystrom. New Treatise on Elements of Mechanics. 8vo. Philadelphia, 
1S75. ^--oo 

Perry. Applied Mechanics. Illustrated. i2mo. London, 1898. 

$2.50 

Practical Mechanics. Being the Fourth Volume of " Amateur Work Il- 
lustrated." Plates and illustrations. 4to. London. ^3-00 

Rankine. Applied Mechanics, comprising Principles of Statics, Cinemat- 
ics, and Dynamics, and Theory of Structures, Mechanism, and Machines. 
i2mo. 15th edition, thoroughly revised, by W. J. Millard. London, 1S98, 

$5.00 

■ and Bamber. Mechanical Text-Book ; or, Introduction to the Study 

of Mechanics and Engineering. With numerous diagrams. 4th edition, 
revised. 8vo. London, 1S90. ^3- 5° 

Stahl and Woods. Elementary Mechanism. A Text-Book for Students 
of Mechanical Engineering. 7th edition, revised and enlarged. Illus- 
trated. i2mo. New York, 1896. ^2.00 

Weisbach. Theoretical Mechanics, -with an introduction to the Calculus. 
Translated from the fourth German edition by E. B. Coxe. 8th edition, 
■revised. 8vo. New York, 1889. $10.00 

Vol. 1 1., Part I. Hydraulics and Hydraulic Motors. $5-oo 

Vol. XL, Part 2. Heat, Steam, and Steam Engines. ^5-oo 

Vol. III., Part I. Kinematics and Machinery of Transmission. I5.00 
Vol. III., Part 2. Machinery of Transmission and Governors. ^5-00 

Wood. Elements of Analytical Mechanics. With numerous examples . 
and illustrations. For use in Scientific Schools and Colleges. 7th edi- 
tion, revised and enlarged, comprising Mechanics of Solids and Mechanics 
of Fluids, of which Mechanics of Thirds is entirely new. 8vo. New 
York, 1897. $3.00 

Principles of Elementary Mechanics. Fully illustrated. 9th edition. 

i2mo. New York, 1894. $1-25 

Wright. Text-Book of Mechanics. With numerous examples. 3d edi- 
tion. i2mo. New York, ^2.50 



LIST OF BOOKS. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

Amateur Mechanic's Workshop. A Treatise containing plain and concise 
directions for the manipulation of Wood and Metals, including Casting, 
Forging, Brazing, Soldering, and Carpentry. By the author of " The 
Lathe and its Uses." 7th edition. Illustrated. 8vo. London, 1888. 

I3.00 

Saunders. Compressed Air Production. Rules, tables, and illustrations 
relating to the Theory and Practice of -Air Compression and Compressed 
Air Machinery. Illustrated. 8vo. New York, 1898. ^i.oo 

Smith. Workshop Management : a Manual for Masters and Men, com- 
prising a few Practical Remarks on the Economic Conduct of Workshops. 
3d edition. i2mo. London, 1S83. • #0.80 

Plympton, Prof. Geo. W. How to become an Engineer ; or, the Theo- 
retical and Practical Training necessary in fitting for the Duties of 
the Civil Engineer. (Van Nostrand's Science Series). $0.50 

STEAM AND STEAM ENGINES. 

Alexander. Model Engine Construction. With Practical Instvuccions to 
Artificers and Amateurs. Containing numerous illustrations and twenty- 
one Working Drawings, from Original Drawings by the Author. i2mo. 
London, 1895. ^3.00 

Baker. Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of the Steam Engine. 
With Rules at length and Examples worked out, for the use of practical 
men, with numerous diagi'ams. 8th edition. London, 1890. ^0.60 

Bale. How to Manage a Steam Engine ; a Handbook for all who use 
Steam. Illustrated, with examples of different Types of Engines and 
Boilers ; with Hints on their Construction, Working, Fixing, Economy 
of Fuel, etc. 7th edition. i2mo. London, 1890. ^0.80 

Bourne. Catechism of the Steam Engine in its various Applications to 
Mines, Mills, etc. New edition, enlarged. Illustrated. i2mo. New 
York, 1897. $2.00 

Hand-Book of the Steam Engine, containing all the Rules required 

for the right Construction and Management of Engines of every Class, 
with the easy Arithmetical Solution of those Rules. Illustrated. i2mo. 
New York, 1892. |i-75 

Burn. Steam Engine, its History and Mechanism. 3d edition. 8vo. 
Illustrated. London, 1857. ^i.oo 



D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY. 

Clark. Steam and the Steam Engine, Stationary and Portable. (Being 
an Extension of the Elementary Treatise on the Steam Engine, of Mr. 
John Sewell.) 4th edition. London, 1892. ^140 

■ The Steam Engine. A Treatise on Steam Engines and Boilers ; 

comprising the Principles and Practice of the Combustion of Fuel, the 
Economical Generation of Steam, the Construction of Steam Boilers, 
and the principles, construction, and performance of Steam Engines, 
Stationary, Portable, Locomotive, and Marine, exemplified in Engines 
and Boilers of recent date. Illustrated by above 1,300 figures in the text, 
and a series of folding plates drawn to scale. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 
1895. #15.00 

Colyer. Treatise on Modern Steam Engines and Boilers, including Land, 
Locomotive, and Marine Engines and Boilers. For the use of Students. 
With 46 plates. 4to. London, 1886. #5-oo 

Cotterill. Steam Engine considered as a Thermodynamic Machine. A 
Treatise on the Thermodynamic Efficiency of Steam Engines. Illus- 
trated by tables, diagrams, and examples from practice. 3d edition, re- 
vised and enlarged. 8vo. London. 1896. net #4.50 

Diesel. Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor. Translated 
from the German by Bryan Donkin. With eleven figures in the text and 
three plates. 8vo. London, 1S94. #2.50 

Edwards, American Steam Engineer, Theoretical and Practical. With 
Examples of the latest and most approved American Practice on the De- 
sign and Constniction of Steam Engines and Boilers of every description. 
For the use of Engineers, Machinists, Boiler Makers, etc. Illustrated by 
77 engravings. i2mo. Philadelphia, 1893. $2.50 

. Practical Steam Engineers' Guide in the Design, Construction, and 

Management of American Stationary, Portable, and Steam Fire Engines, 
Steam Pumps, Boilers, Injectors, Governors, Indicators, Pistons, and 
Rings, Safety Valves and Steam Gauges. For the use of Engineers, 

, Firemen, and Steam Users. Illustrated. 3d edition, revised and cor 
rected. i2mo. Philadelphia, 1898. #2.50 

Evers. Steam and other Prime Movers. A Text-Book both Theoretical 
and Practical. Illustrated. i2mo. London, 1890. $i-50 

Steam and the Steam Engine ; Land, Marine, and Locomotive Il- 
lustrated. i2mo. New York. #1.00 

Ewing. Steam Engine and other Heating Engines. Illustrated. Svo. 
Cambridge, 1897. ^3-75 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

Goodeve. Text-Book on the Steam Engine. With a Supplement on Gas 
Engines and on Heat Engines. 12th edition, enlarged. i2mo. 143 
illustrations. London, 1893. ^2.co 

Gould. Arithmetic of the Steam Engine. i2mo. N. Y. 1898. ^i.co 

Grimshaw. Steam Engine Catechism. A series of direct practical an 
swers to direct practical questions, mainly intended for young engineers 
and for examination questions. loth edition, enlarged and improved. 
i8mo. New York, 1S97. ^2.00 

Haeder. Hand-Book on the Steam Engine with especial Reference to 
Small and Medium sized Engines. For the Use of Engine Makers, Me- 
chanical Draughtsmen, Engineering Students, and Users of Steam 
Power. 1,100 illustrations. i2mo. London, 1896. ^3.00 

Henthorn. Corliss Engine and its Management. Edited by E. P. Watson. 
3d edition, enlarged with an appendix, by Emil Herter. Illustrated. 
i8mo. New York, 1897. $1.00 

Holmes. Steam Engine. 212 illustrations. loth edition. i2mo. London, 
189S. ^2.00 

This is a complete practical and theoretical treatise on the steam-engine, written in 
very clear and beautiful style, rendering the more abstruse principles of the subject as 
plain and simple as it is probably possible to make them. It is one of the best, if not tlie 
best, combinations of theoretical investigation and practical applications in the whole lite- 
rature of the subject, and forms an admirable companion to Ripper's smaller and more 
exclusively practical treatise. 

Jamieson. Text-Book of Steam and Steam Engines. loth edition, with 
numerous diagrams, four folding plates and examination questions. i2mo. 
London, 1897. #3-oo 

Elementary Manual on Steam and the Steam Engine. With nu- 
merous diagrams, arithmetical examples, and examination questions. 
i2mo. London, 1898. $i-40 

Lardner. Treatise on the Steam Engine, for the use of Beginners. i6th 
edition. Illustrated. London, 1893. $0.60 

Le Van. Steam Engine and the Indicator ; their Origin and Progressive 
Development, including the most recent examples of Steam and Gas 
Motors, together with the Indicator, its Principles, its Utility, and its Ap- 
plication. Illustrated by 205 Engravings, chiefly of Indicator Cards. 8vo. 
Philadelphia, 1892. ^4.00 

Mallet. Compound' Engines. i6mo, boards. New York, 1884. ^0.50 

Marks. Relative Proportions of the Steam Engine. i2mo. Illustrated. 
3d edition. Philadelphia, 1896. ^3-oo 

Peabody. Table of the Properties of Saturated Steam and other Vapors. 

" Svo. New York, 1888. $1.00 



D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY. 

Pray. Steam Tables and Engine Constants. For facilitating all calcu- 
lations upon Indicator Diagrams or Various Problems connected with 
the operation of the Steam Engine, from reliable data and with precision 
compiled from Regnault, Rankine, and Dixon directly, making use of the 
exact records. 8vo. New York, 1894. ^2.00 

Rankine. Manual of the Steam Engine and other Prime Movers, with 
numerous tables and illustrations. i2mo. 13th edition. London, 1897. 

$5.00 

Rigg. Practical Treatise on the Steam Engine, containing Plans and 
Arrangements of Details for Fixed Steam Engines, with Essays on the 
Principles involved in Design and Construction. Copiously illustrated 
with woodcuts and 96 plates. 4to. 2d edition. New York, 1894. 

^10.00 

Ripper. Steam. Illustrated. i2mo. London, 1SS9. ^i.oo 

This work is based upon a course of lectures given to an evening class of young me- 
chanical engineers on steam, steam-engines, and boilers. It is remarkably clear, concise, 
and practical ; no superfluous matter is introduced, and every page goes directly to the 
point. It is the best book for beginners, and also for those who wish to have a manual 
embracing the practical features of the subjects in small compass. 

Roper. Hand-Book of Modern Steam Fire Engines ; including the run- 
ning, care, and management of Steam Fire Engines and Fire Pumps. 
2d edition, revised and corrected by H. L. Stellwagen. Illustrated. 
i2mo, mor. tucks. Philadelphia, 1897. ^3-5° 

Hand-Book of Land and Marine Engines, including the Modelling, 

Construction, Running, and Management of Land and Marine Engines 
and Boilers. 9th edition, revised, enlarged, and improved. i2mo, mor. 
tucks. Philadelphia, 1897. ^3-5° 

Catechism of High Pressure or Non-Condensing Steam Engines, 



including the Modelling, Constructing, Running, and Management of 
Steam Engines and Steam Boilers. 20th edition, revised and enlarged. 
Illustrated. ] 2mo, mor. tucks. Philadelphia, 1S97. $2.00 

Young Engineer's Own Book. Containing an Explanation of the 

Principle and Theories on which the Steam Engine as a Prime Mover is 
based, with a description of different kinds of Steam Engines, Condens- 
ing and Non-Condensing, Marine, Stationary, Locomotive, Fire, Trac 
tion, and Portable. 106 illustrations. 3d edition, revised. 16 mo, mor. 
tucks. Philadelphia, 1897. $3°° 

Rose. Modern Steam Engines. An Elementary Treatise upon the 
Steam Engine, written in Plain Language; for use in the Workshop as 
well as in the Drawing Office. Giving Full Explanations of the Con- 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

struction of Modern Steam Engines ; including Diagrams showing their 
Actual Operation ; together with Complete but Simple Explanation of 
the Operations of various kinds of Valves, Valve Motions, and Link 
Motions, etc., thereby enabUng the ordinary engineer to clearly under- 
stand the Principles involved in their Construction and use, and to Plot 
out their movements upon the Drawing Board. New edition, revised 
and improved. 453 illustrations. 4to. Philadelphia, 1897. ^6.00 

Key to Engines and Engine Running A Practical Treatise upon 



the Management of Steam Engines and Boilers, for the use of those 
who desire to pass an Examination to take Charge of an Engine or 
Boiler. With numerous Illustrations and Instructions upon Engineers' 
Calculations, Indicator Diagrams, Engine Adjustments, and other Valu- 
able Information necessary for Engineers and Firemen. i2mo. N. Y. 
1899. I3.00 

Thurston. History of the Growth of the Steam Engine. 4th revised 
edition. Illustrated. i2mo. New York, 1897. ^2.50 

Manual of the Steam Engine. For Engineers and Technical 

Schools. Part I. Structure and Theory. Illustrated. 8vo. New 
York, 1 89 7. _ ^6.00 

Part II. Design, Construction, and Operation. Illustrated. 8vo. New 

York, 1897. $.6.00 

Or in sets. ^10.00 

. Hand-Book of Engine and Boiler Trials, and of the Indicator and 

Prony Brake, for Engineers and Technical Schools. Illustrated. 8vo. 
New York, 1S97. ^5-oo 

■ Stationary Steam Engines, Simple and Compound, especially as 



adapted to Electric Lighting Purposes. 5th edition, revised, with addi- 
tions. Illustrated. i2mo. New York, 1893. ^2.50 

Turnbull. Treatise on the Compound Engine. 2d edition, i-evised and 
enlarged by Prof. S. W. Robinson. i6mo, boards. New York, 1884. 

^0.50 

Wansbrough. Portable Engine ; its Construction and Management. A 
practical manual for owners and users of steam engines generally. 
i2mo. Illustrations and plates. London, 1887. #1.50 

Weisbach. Heat, Steam, and Steam Engine. Translated from the 4th 
edition of Vol. II. of Weisbach's Mechanics. Containing notes giving 
practical examples of Stationary, Marine, and Locomotive Engines, 
showing American practice, by R.. H. Buel. Numerous illustrations 
8vo. New York, 1891. #5-oo 



D. VAN NO STRAND COMPANY. 

Whitham. Steam Engine Design. For the use of Mechanical Engi- 
neers, Students, and Draughtsmen. 3d edition, revised. With 210 
illustrations. 8vo. New York, 1898. i^S-oo 

Descriptive Treatise on Constructive Steam Engineering, embra- 
cing Engines, Pumps, and Boilers, and their accessories and appendages. 
Illustrations and many folding plates. 8vo. New York, 1897. $6.00 

Yeo, John. Steam and the Marine Steam Engine. 8vo. London, 1894. 

^2.50 
Tliis book is intended more particularly for engineers of the Royal Navy, but will be 
exceedingly useful to those of the mercantile marine as well. It is almost entirely de- 
scri-itive, and is noteworthy for what it omits as well as for what it contains. Although 
treating exclusively of the marine engine and boiler, there is so much in it that is general 
to all branches of steam engineering, and the whole is so well and clearly expressed, and 
shows such a profound knowledge of the subject, that it cannot fail to be of the highest 
value to the general student. _ 

TRANSMISSION OF POWER, BELTING, ETC. 

Compressed Air. Experiments upon the Transmission of Power by 
Compressed Air, in Paris (Popp's System), and the Transmission and 
Distribution of Power from Central Stations by Compressed Air. Illus- 
trated. i6mo. New York, 1892. I0.50 

Toothed Gearing. A Practical Hand-Book for Offices and Workshops. 
By a Foreman Pattern Maker. 184 illustrations. i2mo. London, 
1892. #2.50 

Unwin. On the Development and Transmission of Power from Central 
Stations. Being the Howard Lectures delivered at the Society of Arts 
in 1893. Illustrated. 8vo. New York, 1894. fe-50 

VALVES AND VALVE GEARS. 

Auchincloss. Practical Application of the Slide-Valve and Link-Motion 

to Stationary, Portable, Locomotive, and Marine Engines, with new and 
simple methods for proportioning the parts. Illustrated. 13th edition, 
revised and enlarged. 8vo. New York, 1897. $2.00 

Bankson. Slide Valve Diagrams. A French Method of Obtaining 
Slide Valve Diagrams. 8 Plates. i6mo. New York, 1892. Ic.50 

Buel. Safety Valves. i6mo, boards. New York, 1876. $0.50 

Halsey. Slide Valve Gears ; an explanation of the action and construc- 
tion of plain and cut-off slide valves. Analysis by the Bilgram Diagratn. 
79 illustrations. 3d edition, i2mo. New York, 1894. $^-$0 



LIST OF BOOKS. 

Le Van. Safety Valves ; Their History, Antecedents, Invention, and 
Calculation. 69 Illustrations. i2mo. New York, 1892. $2.00 

MacCord. Treatise on the Movement of the Eccentric upon the Slide 
Valve, and explaining the Practical Process of Laying out the Move- 
ments, adapting the Valve for its various duties in the Steam Engine, 
for the Use of Engineers, Draughtsmen, Machinists, and Students of 
Valve Motion in general. 2d edition. 4to. Illustrated. New York, 
1S83. ;^2.5o 

Peabody. Valve Gears and Steam Engines, ^t^ Plates. 8vo. New 
York, 189S. $2.50 

Rose. Slide Valve Practically Explained. Embracing Simple and 
Complete Practical Demonstrations of the Operations of each Element 
in a Slide- Valve Movement, and illustrating the effects of variations in 
their proportions, by examples carefully selected from the most recent 
and successful practice. Illustrated. i2mo. Philadelphia, 1895. ^i.oo 

Spangler. Valve Gears. 2d edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. New 
York, 1898. ^2.50 

Welch. Treatise on a Practical Method of Designing Slide Valve Gear- 
ing by Simple Geometrical Construction, based upon the principles enun- 
ciated in Euclid's Elements, and comprising the various forms of Plain 
Slide Valve and Expansion Gearing ; together with Stephenson's, Gooch's, 
and Allen's Link Motions, as applied either to reversing or to variable 
expansion combinations. i2mo. London, 1875. $i-5o 

Zeuner. Treatise on Valve Gears, with Special consideration of the link 
motions of locomotive engines. 4th edition. Translated by Prof. J. F. 
Klein. 8vo. London, 1884. $S-°° 



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